diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
index 9db9a2944ef26d23bb1bd95b33a1af6ac2a1517c..c1a7d376a3feae9425df0e57add81c79beec662b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
@@ -319,10 +319,11 @@ static int q6asm_dai_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	prtd->audio_client = q6asm_audio_client_alloc(dev,
 				(q6asm_cb)event_handler, prtd, stream_id,
 				LEGACY_PCM_MODE);
-	if (!prtd->audio_client) {
+	if (IS_ERR(prtd->audio_client)) {
 		pr_info("%s: Could not allocate memory\n", __func__);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(prtd->audio_client);
 		kfree(prtd);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)