diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx_sc_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx_sc_wdt.c
index e0e62149a6f4..8c9936e78bee 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imx_sc_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx_sc_wdt.c
@@ -185,16 +185,12 @@ static int imx_sc_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	watchdog_stop_on_reboot(wdog);
 	watchdog_stop_on_unregister(wdog);
 
-	ret = devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, wdog);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	ret = imx_scu_irq_group_enable(SC_IRQ_GROUP_WDOG,
 				       SC_IRQ_WDOG,
 				       true);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "Enable irq failed, pretimeout NOT supported\n");
-		return 0;
+		goto register_device;
 	}
 
 	imx_sc_wdd->wdt_notifier.notifier_call = imx_sc_wdt_notify;
@@ -205,7 +201,7 @@ static int imx_sc_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 					 false);
 		dev_warn(dev,
 			 "Register irq notifier failed, pretimeout NOT supported\n");
-		return 0;
+		goto register_device;
 	}
 
 	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, imx_sc_wdt_action,
@@ -215,7 +211,8 @@ static int imx_sc_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	else
 		dev_warn(dev, "Add action failed, pretimeout NOT supported\n");
 
-	return 0;
+register_device:
+	return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, wdog);
 }
 
 static int __maybe_unused imx_sc_wdt_suspend(struct device *dev)