diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
index 709543308fe9..eff46666c8ad 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
@@ -728,8 +728,8 @@ static int fsl_asoc_card_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	cpu_pdev = of_find_device_by_node(cpu_np);
 	if (!cpu_pdev) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to find CPU DAI device\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EPROBE_DEFER,
+				    "failed to find CPU DAI device\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}