diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
index 5d98611dd999d..c72e501c270fd 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int fsl_lpspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, controller);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "spi_register_controller error.\n");
+		dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "spi_register_controller error: %i\n", ret);
 		goto out_pm_get;
 	}