diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
index cf4feb835743..00be73900888 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int fsl_asoc_card_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (!fsl_asoc_card_is_ac97(priv) && !codec_dev) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to find codec device\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
 		goto asrc_fail;
 	}