diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-bulk.c b/drivers/clk/clk-bulk.c
index e9e16425c739..826b3ff99433 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-bulk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-bulk.c
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ static int __clk_bulk_get(struct device *dev, int num_clks,
 			if (ret == -ENOENT && optional)
 				continue;
 
-			if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-				dev_err(dev, "Failed to get clk '%s': %d\n",
-					clks[i].id, ret);
+			dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
+				      "Failed to get clk '%s'\n",
+				      clks[i].id);
 			goto err;
 		}
 	}