unsigned int count = 0, i;
        struct device *dev = ent->dev;
        struct ata_host_set *host_set;
+       int rc;
 
        DPRINTK("ENTER\n");
        /* alloc a container for our list of ATA ports (buses) */
                goto err_free_ret;
 
        /* obtain irq, that is shared between channels */
-       if (request_irq(ent->irq, ent->port_ops->irq_handler, ent->irq_flags,
-                       DRV_NAME, host_set))
+       rc = request_irq(ent->irq, ent->port_ops->irq_handler, ent->irq_flags,
+                        DRV_NAME, host_set);
+       if (rc) {
+               dev_printk(KERN_ERR, dev, "irq %lu request failed: %d\n",
+                          ent->irq, rc);
                goto err_out;
+       }
 
        /* perform each probe synchronously */
        DPRINTK("probe begin\n");