static int __init au1xxx_platform_init(void)
 {
        unsigned int uartclk = get_au1x00_uart_baud_base() * 16;
-       int i;
+       int err, i;
 
        /* Fill up uartclk. */
        for (i = 0; au1x00_uart_data[i].flags; i++)
                au1x00_uart_data[i].uartclk = uartclk;
 
+       err = platform_add_devices(au1xxx_platform_devices,
+                                  ARRAY_SIZE(au1xxx_platform_devices));
 #ifndef CONFIG_SOC_AU1100
        /* Register second MAC if enabled in pinfunc */
-       if (!(au_readl(SYS_PINFUNC) & (u32)SYS_PF_NI2))
+       if (!err && !(au_readl(SYS_PINFUNC) & (u32)SYS_PF_NI2))
                platform_device_register(&au1xxx_eth1_device);
 #endif
 
-       return platform_add_devices(au1xxx_platform_devices,
-                                   ARRAY_SIZE(au1xxx_platform_devices));
+       return err;
 }
 
 arch_initcall(au1xxx_platform_init);