diff --git a/drivers/staging/ste_rmi4/synaptics_i2c_rmi4.c b/drivers/staging/ste_rmi4/synaptics_i2c_rmi4.c
index fe667dde43ce..386362c9964f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ste_rmi4/synaptics_i2c_rmi4.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ste_rmi4/synaptics_i2c_rmi4.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,11 @@ static int synaptics_rmi4_resume(struct device *dev)
 	unsigned char intr_status;
 	struct synaptics_rmi4_data *rmi4_data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-	regulator_enable(rmi4_data->regulator);
+	retval = regulator_enable(rmi4_data->regulator);
+	if (retval) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Regulator enable failed (%d)\n", retval);
+		return retval;
+	}
 
 	enable_irq(rmi4_data->i2c_client->irq);
 	rmi4_data->touch_stopped = false;