diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
index 90cbed496f98..5ee945505281 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
@@ -853,8 +853,7 @@ static int fsl_asoc_card_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_card(&pdev->dev, &priv->card);
 	if (ret) {
-		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "snd_soc_register_card failed (%d)\n", ret);
+		dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "snd_soc_register_card failed\n");
 		goto asrc_fail;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
index 6f06afd23b16..e758c4f1b0bc 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
@@ -563,9 +563,8 @@ static int imx_card_parse_of(struct imx_card_data *data)
 
 		ret = snd_soc_of_get_dai_name(cpu, &link->cpus->dai_name);
 		if (ret) {
-			if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-				dev_err(card->dev, "%s: error getting cpu dai name: %d\n",
-					link->name, ret);
+			dev_err_probe(card->dev, ret,
+				      "%s: error getting cpu dai name\n", link->name);
 			goto err;
 		}
 
@@ -573,9 +572,8 @@ static int imx_card_parse_of(struct imx_card_data *data)
 		if (codec) {
 			ret = snd_soc_of_get_dai_link_codecs(dev, codec, link);
 			if (ret < 0) {
-				if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-					dev_err(dev, "%s: codec dai not found: %d\n",
-						link->name, ret);
+				dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "%s: codec dai not found\n",
+						link->name);
 				goto err;
 			}
 
@@ -814,11 +812,8 @@ static int imx_card_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_card(&pdev->dev, &data->card);
-	if (ret) {
-		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "snd_soc_register_card failed (%d)\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "snd_soc_register_card failed\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
index 2f1acd011042..8daced42d55e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
@@ -173,9 +173,7 @@ static int imx_sgtl5000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_card(&pdev->dev, &data->card);
 	if (ret) {
-		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "snd_soc_register_card failed (%d)\n",
-				ret);
+		dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "snd_soc_register_card failed\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-spdif.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-spdif.c
index 6c4dadf60355..4446fba755b9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-spdif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-spdif.c
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ static int imx_spdif_audio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto end;
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_card(&pdev->dev, &data->card);
-	if (ret && ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "snd_soc_register_card failed: %d\n", ret);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "snd_soc_register_card failed\n");
 
 end:
 	of_node_put(spdif_np);