diff --git a/arch/avr32/boards/hammerhead/flash.c b/arch/avr32/boards/hammerhead/flash.c
index 776c3cb9b6e4..e86280ccd8fa 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/boards/hammerhead/flash.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/boards/hammerhead/flash.c
@@ -190,14 +190,19 @@ static int __init hammerhead_usbh_init(void)
 
 	/* setup gclk0 to run from osc1 */
 	gclk = clk_get(NULL, "gclk0");
-	if (IS_ERR(gclk))
+	if (IS_ERR(gclk)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(gclk);
 		goto err_gclk;
+	}
 
 	osc = clk_get(NULL, "osc1");
-	if (IS_ERR(osc))
+	if (IS_ERR(osc)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(osc);
 		goto err_osc;
+	}
 
-	if (clk_set_parent(gclk, osc)) {
+	ret = clk_set_parent(gclk, osc);
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_debug("hammerhead: failed to set osc1 for USBH clock\n");
 		goto err_set_clk;
 	}