diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
index 7a8bc1220b2e52ace3eec9a6e928184c27546cdb..3f726e4f88db8c2900840819e5d86ede5e9415d1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ static int imx_sgtl5000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ssi_pdev = of_find_device_by_node(ssi_np);
 	if (!ssi_pdev) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to find SSI platform device\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	codec_dev = of_find_i2c_device_by_node(codec_np);
 	if (!codec_dev) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to find codec platform device\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 	}
 
 	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);