diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-ssp-clk.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-ssp-clk.c
index 1c0e5226cb5b..bd43885f3805 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-ssp-clk.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-ssp-clk.c
@@ -384,9 +384,11 @@ static int skl_clk_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				&clks[i], clk_pdata, i);
 
 		if (IS_ERR(data->clk[data->avail_clk_cnt])) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(data->clk[data->avail_clk_cnt++]);
+			ret = PTR_ERR(data->clk[data->avail_clk_cnt]);
 			goto err_unreg_skl_clk;
 		}
+
+		data->avail_clk_cnt++;
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);