diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8727.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8727.c
index 1072621e93fdee9de08476cfcd915fed2c792999..9d1df26281361ef9ed569e0b87a39d9a934f9254 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8727.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8727.c
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ static __devinit int wm8727_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_codec;
 	}
 
+	return 0;
+
 err_codec:
 	snd_soc_unregister_codec(codec);
 err:
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8988.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8988.c
index 0417dae32e6f0e9de4d3b9f580519254a4e04404..19ad590ca0b390065850ce4ab8b0e4e2fd5d841a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8988.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8988.c
@@ -885,7 +885,6 @@ static int wm8988_register(struct wm8988_priv *wm8988,
 	ret = snd_soc_register_dai(&wm8988_dai);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		dev_err(codec->dev, "Failed to register DAI: %d\n", ret);
-		snd_soc_unregister_codec(codec);
 		goto err_codec;
 	}