diff --git a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-pmc.c b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-pmc.c
index 925bfc4aef8c..db7a1d360cd2 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-pmc.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-pmc.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,8 @@ static int mlxbf_pmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pmc->hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(
 		dev, "bfperf", pmc, pmc->groups);
+	if (IS_ERR(pmc->hwmon_dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(pmc->hwmon_dev);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pmc);
 
 	return 0;