diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
index 4cabaf21c1ca..367db4acc785 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ void rtllib_softmac_xmit(struct rtllib_txb *txb, struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_stop_send_beacons(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void notify_wx_assoc_event(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_start_ibss(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
-void rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
+int rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_softmac_free(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_disassociate(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_stop_scan(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
index 2c752ba5a802..e8e72f79ca00 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
@@ -2953,7 +2953,7 @@ void rtllib_start_protocol(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 	}
 }
 
-void rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
+int rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -2964,7 +2964,8 @@ void rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 		ieee->seq_ctrl[i] = 0;
 	ieee->dot11d_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rt_dot11d_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!ieee->dot11d_info)
-		netdev_err(ieee->dev, "Can't alloc memory for DOT11D\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ieee->LinkDetectInfo.SlotIndex = 0;
 	ieee->LinkDetectInfo.SlotNum = 2;
 	ieee->LinkDetectInfo.NumRecvBcnInPeriod = 0;
@@ -3030,6 +3031,7 @@ void rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 
 	tasklet_setup(&ieee->ps_task, rtllib_sta_ps);
 
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void rtllib_softmac_free(struct rtllib_device *ieee)