diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
index 8a08956..6ba1228 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
@@ -803,10 +803,9 @@
 
 	/* Initialize identification LED */
 	ret_val = e1000e_id_led_init(hw);
-	if (ret_val) {
+	if (ret_val)
 		e_dbg("Error initializing identification LED\n");
-		return ret_val;
-	}
+		/* This is not fatal and we should not stop init due to this */
 
 	/* Disabling VLAN filtering */
 	e_dbg("Initializing the IEEE VLAN\n");