diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
index 355ef29af48c4..c365afd6c4ea7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
@@ -1459,14 +1459,17 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (sai->soc_data->use_imx_pcm) {
 		ret = imx_pcm_dma_init(pdev);
 		if (ret) {
+			dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "PCM DMA init failed\n");
 			if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_IMX_PCM_DMA))
 				dev_err(dev, "Error: You must enable the imx-pcm-dma support!\n");
 			goto err_pm_get_sync;
 		}
 	} else {
 		ret = devm_snd_dmaengine_pcm_register(dev, NULL, 0);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Registering PCM dmaengine failed\n");
 			goto err_pm_get_sync;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_component(dev, &fsl_component,