diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
index 6443c87e8625e764c1597aa819eb4edc5a18e0d5..6366f3fa6a37c2795071ed5696919f43decaa56e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
@@ -27,21 +27,29 @@ static int __asoc_simple_card_dai_init(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 				       struct asoc_simple_dai *set,
 				       unsigned int daifmt)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	daifmt |= set->fmt;
 
-	if (daifmt)
+	if (daifmt) {
 		ret = snd_soc_dai_set_fmt(dai, daifmt);
-
-	if (ret == -ENOTSUPP) {
-		dev_dbg(dai->dev, "ASoC: set_fmt is not supported\n");
-		ret = 0;
+		if (ret && ret != -ENOTSUPP) {
+			dev_err(dai->dev, "simple-card: set_fmt error\n");
+			goto err;
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (!ret && set->sysclk)
+	if (set->sysclk) {
 		ret = snd_soc_dai_set_sysclk(dai, 0, set->sysclk, 0);
+		if (ret && ret != -ENOTSUPP) {
+			dev_err(dai->dev, "simple-card: set_sysclk error\n");
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
 
+err:
 	return ret;
 }