diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c b/sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c
index 77bdd1daa322b..56d61a2120831 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c
@@ -1219,8 +1219,9 @@ static const struct regmap_config sgtl5000_regmap = {
  * and avoid problems like, not being able to probe after an audio playback
  * followed by a system reset or a 'reboot' command in Linux
  */
-static int sgtl5000_fill_defaults(struct sgtl5000_priv *sgtl5000)
+static void sgtl5000_fill_defaults(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
+	struct sgtl5000_priv *sgtl5000 = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 	int i, ret, val, index;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sgtl5000_reg_defaults); i++) {
@@ -1228,10 +1229,10 @@ static int sgtl5000_fill_defaults(struct sgtl5000_priv *sgtl5000)
 		index = sgtl5000_reg_defaults[i].reg;
 		ret = regmap_write(sgtl5000->regmap, index, val);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			dev_err(&client->dev,
+				"%s: error %d setting reg 0x%02x to 0x%04x\n",
+				__func__, ret, index, val);
 	}
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int sgtl5000_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
@@ -1364,9 +1365,7 @@ static int sgtl5000_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	}
 
 	/* Ensure sgtl5000 will start with sane register values */
-	ret = sgtl5000_fill_defaults(sgtl5000);
-	if (ret)
-		goto disable_clk;
+	sgtl5000_fill_defaults(client);
 
 	ret = snd_soc_register_codec(&client->dev,
 			&sgtl5000_driver, &sgtl5000_dai, 1);