diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index bcf18bf15a02..e61d00486c65 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -1937,6 +1937,7 @@ static int wm_adsp_load(struct wm_adsp *dsp)
 			mem = wm_adsp_find_region(dsp, type);
 			if (!mem) {
 				adsp_err(dsp, "No region of type: %x\n", type);
+				ret = -EINVAL;
 				goto out_fw;
 			}