diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index 272bc871a848b..546cdce525fc5 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static int spi_imx_sdma_init(struct device *dev, struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
 	controller->dma_tx = dma_request_chan(dev, "tx");
 	if (IS_ERR(controller->dma_tx)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(controller->dma_tx);
-		dev_dbg(dev, "can't get the TX DMA channel, error %d!\n", ret);
+		dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "can't get the TX DMA channel!\n");
 		controller->dma_tx = NULL;
 		goto err;
 	}
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ static int spi_imx_sdma_init(struct device *dev, struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
 	controller->dma_rx = dma_request_chan(dev, "rx");
 	if (IS_ERR(controller->dma_rx)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(controller->dma_rx);
-		dev_dbg(dev, "can't get the RX DMA channel, error %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "can't get the RX DMA channel!\n");
 		controller->dma_rx = NULL;
 		goto err;
 	}