diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-audmix.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-audmix.c
index d991e457060c..0363255c39ea 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-audmix.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-audmix.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int imx_audmix_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->cpu_mclk)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->cpu_mclk);
 		dev_err(&cpu_pdev->dev, "failed to get DAI mclk1: %d\n", ret);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	priv->audmix_pdev = audmix_pdev;