diff --git a/sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c b/sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c
index 3e105caac95e..2c146b91fca3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c
@@ -2024,13 +2024,9 @@ static int davinci_mcasp_get_dma_type(struct davinci_mcasp *mcasp)
 
 	tmp = mcasp->dma_data[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].filter_data;
 	chan = dma_request_chan(mcasp->dev, tmp);
-	if (IS_ERR(chan)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(chan) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(mcasp->dev,
-				"Can't verify DMA configuration (%ld)\n",
-				PTR_ERR(chan));
-		return PTR_ERR(chan);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(chan))
+		return dev_err_probe(mcasp->dev, PTR_ERR(chan),
+				     "Can't verify DMA configuration\n");
 	if (WARN_ON(!chan->device || !chan->device->dev)) {
 		dma_release_channel(chan);
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/sound/soc/ti/j721e-evm.c b/sound/soc/ti/j721e-evm.c
index 9347f982c3e1..4077e15ec48b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/ti/j721e-evm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/ti/j721e-evm.c
@@ -464,13 +464,9 @@ static int j721e_get_clocks(struct device *dev,
 	int ret;
 
 	clocks->target = devm_clk_get(dev, prefix);
-	if (IS_ERR(clocks->target)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(clocks->target);
-		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(dev, "failed to acquire %s: %d\n",
-				prefix, ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(clocks->target))
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(clocks->target),
+				     "failed to acquire %s\n", prefix);
 
 	clk_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-48000", prefix);
 	if (clk_name) {