diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcr_wm5102.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcr_wm5102.c
index 580d5fddae5a..bb669d58eb8b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcr_wm5102.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcr_wm5102.c
@@ -421,8 +421,17 @@ static int snd_byt_wm5102_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->spkvdd_en_gpio = gpiod_get(codec_dev, "wlf,spkvdd-ena", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
 	put_device(codec_dev);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(priv->spkvdd_en_gpio))
-		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(priv->spkvdd_en_gpio), "getting spkvdd-GPIO\n");
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->spkvdd_en_gpio)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->spkvdd_en_gpio);
+		/*
+		 * The spkvdd gpio-lookup is registered by: drivers/mfd/arizona-spi.c,
+		 * so -ENOENT means that arizona-spi hasn't probed yet.
+		 */
+		if (ret == -ENOENT)
+			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "getting spkvdd-GPIO\n");
+	}
 
 	/* override platform name, if required */
 	byt_wm5102_card.dev = dev;