diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/dmic.c b/sound/soc/codecs/dmic.c
index c88f974ebe3e2bc69dfd10e76caf4f47d3c68dd5..cf83c423394d775430e876d89721f300675365bf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/dmic.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/dmic.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int dmic_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
 		err = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "num-channels", &chans);
-		if (err && (err != -ENOENT))
+		if (err && (err != -EINVAL))
 			return err;
 
 		if (!err) {