* Begin non sysfs callback code (aka Real code)
  */
 
-static void tmp401_init_client(struct tmp401_data *data,
-                              struct i2c_client *client)
+static int tmp401_init_client(struct tmp401_data *data,
+                             struct i2c_client *client)
 {
-       int config, config_orig;
+       int config, config_orig, status = 0;
 
        /* Set the conversion rate to 2 Hz */
        i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, TMP401_CONVERSION_RATE_WRITE, 5);
 
        /* Start conversions (disable shutdown if necessary) */
        config = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, TMP401_CONFIG_READ);
-       if (config < 0) {
-               dev_warn(&client->dev, "Initialization failed!\n");
-               return;
-       }
+       if (config < 0)
+               return config;
 
        config_orig = config;
        config &= ~TMP401_CONFIG_SHUTDOWN;
 
        if (config != config_orig)
-               i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, TMP401_CONFIG_WRITE, config);
+               status = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client,
+                                                  TMP401_CONFIG_WRITE,
+                                                  config);
+
+       return status;
 }
 
 static int tmp401_detect(struct i2c_client *client,
        struct device *dev = &client->dev;
        struct device *hwmon_dev;
        struct tmp401_data *data;
-       int groups = 0;
+       int groups = 0, status;
 
        data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct tmp401_data), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!data)
        data->kind = id->driver_data;
 
        /* Initialize the TMP401 chip */
-       tmp401_init_client(data, client);
+       status = tmp401_init_client(data, client);
+       if (status < 0)
+               return status;
 
        /* Register sysfs hooks */
        data->groups[groups++] = &tmp401_group;