diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-ssi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-ssi.c
index b95132e2f9dc..06790615e04e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-ssi.c
@@ -527,6 +527,10 @@ static int imx_ssi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	ssi->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (ssi->irq < 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get IRQ: %d\n", ssi->irq);
+		return ssi->irq;
+	}
 
 	ssi->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(ssi->clk)) {