diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/rt5645.c b/sound/soc/codecs/rt5645.c
index 18842642a34eb1bd9244a7c5b540dcf43fb0d88c..43440436fd7b6fac0b34be2e2decc57720567b04 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/rt5645.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/rt5645.c
@@ -3268,11 +3268,12 @@ static int rt5645_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	else
 		rt5645_parse_dt(rt5645, &i2c->dev);
 
-	rt5645->gpiod_hp_det = devm_gpiod_get(&i2c->dev, "hp-detect", GPIOD_IN);
+	rt5645->gpiod_hp_det = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&i2c->dev, "hp-detect",
+						       GPIOD_IN);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(rt5645->gpiod_hp_det)) {
-		rt5645->gpiod_hp_det = NULL;
 		dev_err(&i2c->dev, "failed to initialize gpiod\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(rt5645->gpiod_hp_det);
 	}
 
 	rt5645->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(i2c, &rt5645_regmap);