diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.c b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.c
index f00b381cec3b..1757539a6a28 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx-common.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int imx_probe(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 				       imx_unregister_action,
 				       sdev);
 	if (ret)
-		return dev_err_probe(sdev->dev, ret, "failed to add devm action\n");
+		return ret;
 
 	common->ipc_handle = dev_get_drvdata(&common->ipc_dev->dev);
 	if (!common->ipc_handle)