diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-omap2-mcspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-omap2-mcspi.c
index c42e59df38fe..80e79f3aa0c4 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-omap2-mcspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-omap2-mcspi.c
@@ -1509,10 +1509,8 @@ static int omap2_mcspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	status = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (status == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-		goto free_master;
-	if (status < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no irq resource found\n");
+	if (status) {
+		dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, status, "no irq resource found\n");
 		goto free_master;
 	}
 	init_completion(&mcspi->txdone);