diff --git a/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c b/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
index 33c0e98..bc90b09 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
@@ -22,48 +22,57 @@
  * the best guess is to add 0.5s.
  */
 
+int rtc_hctosys_ret = -ENODEV;
+
 static int __init rtc_hctosys(void)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err = -ENODEV;
 	struct rtc_time tm;
+	struct timespec tv = {
+		.tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_SEC >> 1,
+	};
 	struct rtc_device *rtc = rtc_class_open(CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE);
 
 	if (rtc == NULL) {
-		printk("%s: unable to open rtc device (%s)\n",
+		pr_err("%s: unable to open rtc device (%s)\n",
 			__FILE__, CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE);
-		return -ENODEV;
+		goto err_open;
 	}
 
 	err = rtc_read_time(rtc, &tm);
-	if (err == 0) {
-		err = rtc_valid_tm(&tm);
-		if (err == 0) {
-			struct timespec tv;
-
-			tv.tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_SEC >> 1;
-
-			rtc_tm_to_time(&tm, &tv.tv_sec);
-
-			do_settimeofday(&tv);
-
-			dev_info(rtc->dev.parent,
-				"setting system clock to "
-				"%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d UTC (%u)\n",
-				tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday,
-				tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec,
-				(unsigned int) tv.tv_sec);
-		}
-		else
-			dev_err(rtc->dev.parent,
-				"hctosys: invalid date/time\n");
-	}
-	else
+	if (err) {
 		dev_err(rtc->dev.parent,
 			"hctosys: unable to read the hardware clock\n");
+		goto err_read;
 
+	}
+
+	err = rtc_valid_tm(&tm);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(rtc->dev.parent,
+			"hctosys: invalid date/time\n");
+		goto err_invalid;
+	}
+
+	rtc_tm_to_time(&tm, &tv.tv_sec);
+
+	do_settimeofday(&tv);
+
+	dev_info(rtc->dev.parent,
+		"setting system clock to "
+		"%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d UTC (%u)\n",
+		tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday,
+		tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec,
+		(unsigned int) tv.tv_sec);
+
+err_invalid:
+err_read:
 	rtc_class_close(rtc);
 
-	return 0;
+err_open:
+	rtc_hctosys_ret = err;
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 late_initcall(rtc_hctosys);