diff --git a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
index dcf50bb8dd69..f43ba69fbb3e 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
+++ b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
@@ -901,11 +901,8 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	ret = brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(priv);
-	if (ret) {
-		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(dev, "Couldn't download firmware -- %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Couldn't download firmware\n");
 
 	ret = sysfs_create_groups(&pdev->dev.kobj, priv->dpfe_api->sysfs_attrs);
 	if (!ret)