diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c b/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
index 5fe724728e84..e4675cfff7b2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@ static int max98373_sdw_probe(struct sdw_slave *slave,
 
 	/* Regmap Initialization */
 	regmap = devm_regmap_init_sdw(slave, &max98373_sdw_regmap);
-	if (!regmap)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (IS_ERR(regmap))
+		return PTR_ERR(regmap);
 
 	return max98373_init(slave, regmap);
 }