diff --git a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra20_ac97.c b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra20_ac97.c
index e17375c6cddb9ba51b40c9bfe30d5ba1b381735b..87facfbcdd110d6371f7f29ebfa5603f0f21ff5e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra20_ac97.c
+++ b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra20_ac97.c
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ static int tegra20_ac97_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	} else {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no codec-reset GPIO supplied\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_clk_put;
 	}
 
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ static int tegra20_ac97_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 					    "nvidia,codec-sync-gpio", 0);
 	if (!gpio_is_valid(ac97->sync_gpio)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no codec-sync GPIO supplied\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_clk_put;
 	}