diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index d119862..10d21be 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2786,8 +2786,9 @@
 	val = (ucontrol->value.integer.value[0] + min) & mask;
 	val = val << shift;
 
-	if (snd_soc_update_bits_locked(codec, reg, val_mask, val))
-			return err;
+	err = snd_soc_update_bits_locked(codec, reg, val_mask, val);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 
 	if (snd_soc_volsw_is_stereo(mc)) {
 		val_mask = mask << rshift;