diff --git a/sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c b/sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c
index d9c3a3210a24..734ffe925c4d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c
@@ -1765,10 +1765,8 @@ static struct davinci_mcasp_pdata *davinci_mcasp_set_pdata_from_of(
 	} else if (match) {
 		pdata = devm_kmemdup(&pdev->dev, match->data, sizeof(*pdata),
 				     GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pdata) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			return pdata;
-		}
+		if (!pdata)
+			return NULL;
 	} else {
 		/* control shouldn't reach here. something is wrong */
 		ret = -EINVAL;