diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
index 653e66d150c8..9b8d11d04fbc 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static int imx_es8328_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ext_port > MUX_PORT_MAX || ext_port == 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "mux-ext-port: hardware only has %d mux ports\n",
 			MUX_PORT_MAX);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail;
 	}