diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/rt274.c b/sound/soc/codecs/rt274.c
index 0ef966d56bac300f00f1fac7aa92f54fa9949e7e..e2855ab9a2c6b5f84a4e179d254564d62cb6efff 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/rt274.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/rt274.c
@@ -1128,8 +1128,11 @@ static int rt274_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	regmap_read(rt274->regmap,
+	ret = regmap_read(rt274->regmap,
 		RT274_GET_PARAM(AC_NODE_ROOT, AC_PAR_VENDOR_ID), &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (val != RT274_VENDOR_ID) {
 		dev_err(&i2c->dev,
 			"Device with ID register %#x is not rt274\n", val);