diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c
index 529aa480267b..94038eed2423 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c
@@ -4573,7 +4573,7 @@ static int wcd938x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = wcd938x_populate_dt_data(wcd938x, dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: Fail to obtain platform data\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	ret = wcd938x_add_slave_components(wcd938x, dev, &match);