diff --git a/sound/soc/sti/sti_uniperif.c b/sound/soc/sti/sti_uniperif.c
index 7b9169f04d6e..67315d9b352d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sti/sti_uniperif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sti/sti_uniperif.c
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ static int sti_uniperiph_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->pdev = pdev;
 
 	ret = sti_uniperiph_cpu_dai_of(node, priv);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, priv);