diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
index cd59536a761dd84bcca2fb3afb44dc82adf1b417..e3e7641677657ecffb828ec94c865d0e80201dbf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
@@ -672,8 +672,10 @@ static int skl_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 
 	skl->nhlt = skl_nhlt_init(bus->dev);
 
-	if (skl->nhlt == NULL)
+	if (skl->nhlt == NULL) {
+		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	skl_nhlt_update_topology_bin(skl);