* we need to get to that "no event", so enough should be initialized
         * by that point.
         */
-       if (request_irq(dev->irq, ohci_irq_handler, IRQF_SHARED,
-                        OHCI1394_DRIVER_NAME, ohci)) {
+       err = request_irq(dev->irq, ohci_irq_handler, IRQF_SHARED,
+                         OHCI1394_DRIVER_NAME, ohci);
+       if (err) {
                PRINT_G(KERN_ERR, "Failed to allocate interrupt %d", dev->irq);
                goto err;
        }
        reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_IntMaskClear, 0xffffffff);
        mdelay(50);
 
-       if (request_irq(dev->irq, ohci_irq_handler, IRQF_SHARED,
-                       OHCI1394_DRIVER_NAME, ohci)) {
+       err = request_irq(dev->irq, ohci_irq_handler, IRQF_SHARED,
+                         OHCI1394_DRIVER_NAME, ohci);
+       if (err) {
                PRINT_G(KERN_ERR, "Failed to allocate interrupt %d", dev->irq);
-               return -EIO;
+               return err;
        }
 
        ohci_initialize(ohci);