diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/pwrseq_simple.c b/drivers/mmc/core/pwrseq_simple.c
index 988467fbb621..3bac1e71411b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/pwrseq_simple.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/pwrseq_simple.c
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ static int mmc_pwrseq_simple_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pwrseq->ext_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "ext_clock");
 	if (IS_ERR(pwrseq->ext_clk) && PTR_ERR(pwrseq->ext_clk) != -ENOENT)
-		return PTR_ERR(pwrseq->ext_clk);
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(pwrseq->ext_clk), "external clock not ready\n");
 
 	pwrseq->reset_gpios = devm_gpiod_get_array(dev, "reset",
 							GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
 	if (IS_ERR(pwrseq->reset_gpios) &&
 	    PTR_ERR(pwrseq->reset_gpios) != -ENOENT &&
 	    PTR_ERR(pwrseq->reset_gpios) != -ENOSYS) {
-		return PTR_ERR(pwrseq->reset_gpios);
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(pwrseq->reset_gpios), "reset GPIOs not ready\n");
 	}
 
 	device_property_read_u32(dev, "post-power-on-delay-ms",