diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_stream.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_stream.c
index 83d8dda15233..4eeb9afdc89f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_stream.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_stream.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ int sst_send_byte_stream_mrfld(struct intel_sst_drv *sst_drv_ctx,
 		sst_free_block(sst_drv_ctx, block);
 out:
 	test_and_clear_bit(pvt_id, &sst_drv_ctx->pvt_id);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*