diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c
index 23d06338f716..7df1719e0723 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c
@@ -3589,7 +3589,7 @@ 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);