diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
index f362cead837e..6013611e4f21 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
@@ -518,10 +518,7 @@ static int jc42_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(dev, client->name,
 							   data,
 							   jc42_groups);
-	if (IS_ERR(hwmon_dev))
-		return PTR_ERR(hwmon_dev);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hwmon_dev);
 }
 
 static int jc42_remove(struct i2c_client *client)