diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index a6d6d10cd471..e9da95ebccc8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -3178,10 +3178,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_of_get_dai_link_codecs);
 
 static int __init snd_soc_init(void)
 {
-	snd_soc_debugfs_init();
-	snd_soc_util_init();
+	int ret;
 
-	return platform_driver_register(&soc_driver);
+	snd_soc_debugfs_init();
+	ret = snd_soc_util_init();
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_util_init;
+
+	ret = platform_driver_register(&soc_driver);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_register;
+	return 0;
+
+err_register:
+	snd_soc_util_exit();
+err_util_init:
+	snd_soc_debugfs_exit();
+	return ret;
 }
 module_init(snd_soc_init);