diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
index f0f11f597b2133f7fbb1ff8e1de28f73575f4394..697d07bc1b5a546267076b7051f31e7ace96209e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ int skl_init_dsp(struct skl *skl)
 
 	ops = skl_get_dsp_ops(skl->pci->device);
 	if (!ops) {
-		goto unmap_mmio;
 		ret = -EIO;
+		goto unmap_mmio;
 	}
 
 	loader_ops = ops->loader_ops();