diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/pcm6240.c b/sound/soc/codecs/pcm6240.c
index 86e126783a1d..8f7057e689fb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/pcm6240.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/pcm6240.c
@@ -2087,10 +2087,8 @@ static int pcmdevice_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c)
 #endif
 
 	pcm_dev = devm_kzalloc(&i2c->dev, sizeof(*pcm_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pcm_dev) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!pcm_dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	pcm_dev->chip_id = (id != NULL) ? id->driver_data : 0;