diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
index 3f726e4f88db..389cbfa6dca7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
@@ -129,8 +129,10 @@ static int imx_sgtl5000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	data->codec_clk = devm_clk_get(&codec_dev->dev, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(data->codec_clk))
+	if (IS_ERR(data->codec_clk)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(data->codec_clk);
 		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	data->clk_frequency = clk_get_rate(data->codec_clk);