goto done_unlock;
 
        id = ida_alloc(&wwan_dev_ids, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (id < 0)
+       if (id < 0) {
+               wwandev = ERR_PTR(id);
                goto done_unlock;
+       }
 
        wwandev = kzalloc(sizeof(*wwandev), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!wwandev) {
+               wwandev = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
                ida_free(&wwan_dev_ids, id);
                goto done_unlock;
        }
        err = device_register(&wwandev->dev);
        if (err) {
                put_device(&wwandev->dev);
-               wwandev = NULL;
+               wwandev = ERR_PTR(err);
+               goto done_unlock;
        }
 
 done_unlock:
                return -EINVAL;
 
        wwandev = wwan_create_dev(parent);
-       if (!wwandev)
-               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (IS_ERR(wwandev))
+               return PTR_ERR(wwandev);
 
        if (WARN_ON(wwandev->ops)) {
                wwan_remove_dev(wwandev);