diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
index 07e010d385962b0203715b2b572d97cfb60ba838..f41b0393ffca4bdd4183032cbc440c3d42842054 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
@@ -271,8 +271,10 @@ static int asoc_graph_card_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	snd_soc_card_set_drvdata(card, priv);
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_card(dev, card);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		return ret;
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err;
+
+	return 0;
 err:
 	asoc_simple_card_clean_reference(card);