diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
index 9d738b4c1e05f106a400b771535e027bb259375f..3407e51b88613a8dd630ff760c6f9024737e3ea1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
@@ -570,10 +570,11 @@ static int q6asm_dai_compr_open(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 	prtd->audio_client = q6asm_audio_client_alloc(dev,
 					(q6asm_cb)compress_event_handler,
 					prtd, stream_id, LEGACY_PCM_MODE);
-	if (!prtd->audio_client) {
+	if (IS_ERR(prtd->audio_client)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Could not allocate memory\n");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(prtd->audio_client);
 		kfree(prtd);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	size = COMPR_PLAYBACK_MAX_FRAGMENT_SIZE *