diff --git a/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-saif.c b/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-saif.c
index a01a680ad4d7..b877c978a04c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-saif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-saif.c
@@ -826,12 +826,9 @@ static int mxs_saif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mxs_saif[saif->id] = saif;
 
 	saif->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(saif->clk)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(saif->clk);
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get the clock: %d\n",
-			ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(saif->clk))
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, PTR_ERR(saif->clk),
+				     "Cannot get the clock\n");
 
 	saif->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(saif->base))