diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/mfld_machine.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/mfld_machine.c
index 6f44acfb4aae7337aa1f4009e0a6c0b71efad2c3..7cb44fdde1ee80a78e78f25b9c0de09b18748f86 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/mfld_machine.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/mfld_machine.c
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ static int snd_mfld_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* retrive the irq number */
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (irq <= 0)
+		return irq < 0 ? irq : -ENODEV;
 
 	/* audio interrupt base of SRAM location where
 	 * interrupts are stored by System FW */