diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c b/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
index 8fe9c58e1a62..638ef343813b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
@@ -277,7 +277,12 @@ static int max98373_resume(struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 	regcache_cache_only(max98373->regmap, false);
-	regcache_sync(max98373->regmap);
+	ret = regcache_sync(max98373->regmap);
+	if (ret) {
+		regcache_cache_only(max98373->regmap, true);
+		regcache_mark_dirty(max98373->regmap);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }