diff --git a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai.c b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai.c
index b824ba6cb02816dfea76a1c862858c672aa2cf4e..058757c721f0a55b16aee3cc254efe5168436c15 100644
--- a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai.c
@@ -174,20 +174,26 @@ static int stm32_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!STM_SAI_IS_F4(sai)) {
 		sai->pclk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "pclk");
 		if (IS_ERR(sai->pclk)) {
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing bus clock pclk\n");
+			if (PTR_ERR(sai->pclk) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing bus clock pclk: %ld\n",
+					PTR_ERR(sai->pclk));
 			return PTR_ERR(sai->pclk);
 		}
 	}
 
 	sai->clk_x8k = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "x8k");
 	if (IS_ERR(sai->clk_x8k)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing x8k parent clock\n");
+		if (PTR_ERR(sai->clk_x8k) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing x8k parent clock: %ld\n",
+				PTR_ERR(sai->clk_x8k));
 		return PTR_ERR(sai->clk_x8k);
 	}
 
 	sai->clk_x11k = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "x11k");
 	if (IS_ERR(sai->clk_x11k)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing x11k parent clock\n");
+		if (PTR_ERR(sai->clk_x11k) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing x11k parent clock: %ld\n",
+				PTR_ERR(sai->clk_x11k));
 		return PTR_ERR(sai->clk_x11k);
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c
index 30bcd5d3a32a8ffe4bcda256200c0ecbc7f4832b..0bbf9ed5e48b13fc11fbb38f3368c1808756c3ae 100644
--- a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c
+++ b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c
@@ -1380,7 +1380,9 @@ static int stm32_sai_sub_parse_of(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	sai->regmap = devm_regmap_init_mmio(&pdev->dev, base,
 					    sai->regmap_config);
 	if (IS_ERR(sai->regmap)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to initialize MMIO\n");
+		if (PTR_ERR(sai->regmap) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Regmap init error %ld\n",
+				PTR_ERR(sai->regmap));
 		return PTR_ERR(sai->regmap);
 	}
 
@@ -1471,7 +1473,9 @@ static int stm32_sai_sub_parse_of(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	of_node_put(args.np);
 	sai->sai_ck = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "sai_ck");
 	if (IS_ERR(sai->sai_ck)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Missing kernel clock sai_ck\n");
+		if (PTR_ERR(sai->sai_ck) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Missing kernel clock sai_ck: %ld\n",
+				PTR_ERR(sai->sai_ck));
 		return PTR_ERR(sai->sai_ck);
 	}
 
@@ -1553,7 +1557,8 @@ static int stm32_sai_sub_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = devm_snd_dmaengine_pcm_register(&pdev->dev, conf, 0);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not register pcm dma\n");
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "PCM DMA register error %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}