diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
index 2501db5a7aaf..bca54f3d92a1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ static int meson_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "fifo-size", &fifosize);
 
 	if (meson_ports[pdev->id]) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "port %d already allocated\n", pdev->id);
-		return -EBUSY;
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EBUSY,
+				     "port %d already allocated\n", pdev->id);
 	}
 
 	port = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct uart_port), GFP_KERNEL);