diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
index 0c53f45..fe4bdb0 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 {
 	struct bfin_rtc *rtc;
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + HZ;
 
 	dev_dbg_stamp(dev);
@@ -361,16 +361,17 @@
 	/* Register our RTC with the RTC framework */
 	rtc->rtc_dev = devm_rtc_device_register(dev, pdev->name, &bfin_rtc_ops,
 						THIS_MODULE);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev))) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
-		goto err;
-	}
+	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev)))
+		return PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
 
 	/* Grab the IRQ and init the hardware */
 	ret = devm_request_irq(dev, IRQ_RTC, bfin_rtc_interrupt, 0,
 				pdev->name, dev);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
-		goto err;
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+			"unable to request IRQ; alarm won't work, "
+			"and writes will be delayed\n");
+
 	/* sometimes the bootloader touched things, but the write complete was not
 	 * enabled, so let's just do a quick timeout here since the IRQ will not fire ...
 	 */
@@ -381,9 +382,6 @@
 	bfin_write_RTC_SWCNT(0);
 
 	return 0;
-
-err:
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static int bfin_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)