diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
index fbb682747f59..a8bc4e45816d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
@@ -678,10 +678,12 @@ static int asoc_simple_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link = priv->dai_link;
 		struct simple_dai_props *dai_props = priv->dai_props;
 
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+
 		cinfo = dev->platform_data;
 		if (!cinfo) {
 			dev_err(dev, "no info for asoc-simple-card\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
+			goto err;
 		}
 
 		if (!cinfo->name ||
@@ -690,7 +692,7 @@ static int asoc_simple_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		    !cinfo->platform ||
 		    !cinfo->cpu_dai.name) {
 			dev_err(dev, "insufficient asoc_simple_card_info settings\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
+			goto err;
 		}
 
 		cpus			= dai_link->cpus;