diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
index 9ddc37300f6b5cd88420ff885823e486e0cd3dd5..be1295438989c14a6f24a112aa049ea914c0790d 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static struct snd_kcontrol_new *via_clone_control(struct via_spec *spec,
 	knew->name = kstrdup(tmpl->name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!knew->name)
 		return NULL;
-	return 0;
+	return knew;
 }
 
 static void via_free_kctls(struct hda_codec *codec)