diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-wm8962.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-wm8962.c
index 52a36a90f4f4eb19c4739fda1714f48e715d1c68..1d70e278e9154e7f21d1ba230b4f573ad5b31f95 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-wm8962.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-wm8962.c
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ static int imx_wm8962_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	codec_dev = of_find_i2c_device_by_node(codec_np);
 	if (!codec_dev || !codec_dev->driver) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to find codec platform device\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
 	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);