diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
index 770212b..528b9c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	const eth_addr_t bcast_addr = { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF };
 	int result = 0;
+	int rv = -EIO;
 
 	dev_dbg(dev,
 		"Kawasaki Device Probe (Device number:%d): 0x%4.4x:0x%4.4x:0x%4.4x\n",
@@ -1029,6 +1030,7 @@
 	kaweth = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	kaweth->dev = udev;
 	kaweth->net = netdev;
+	kaweth->intf = intf;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&kaweth->device_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&kaweth->term_wait);
@@ -1048,6 +1050,10 @@
 		/* Download the firmware */
 		dev_info(dev, "Downloading firmware...\n");
 		kaweth->firmware_buf = (__u8 *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!kaweth->firmware_buf) {
+			rv = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_free_netdev;
+		}
 		if ((result = kaweth_download_firmware(kaweth,
 						      "kaweth/new_code.bin",
 						      100,
@@ -1139,8 +1145,6 @@
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "Initializing net device.\n");
 
-	kaweth->intf = intf;
-
 	kaweth->tx_urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kaweth->tx_urb)
 		goto err_free_netdev;
@@ -1204,7 +1208,7 @@
 err_free_netdev:
 	free_netdev(netdev);
 
-	return -EIO;
+	return rv;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************