diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
index f662ef22b8aefa4c3f877b2d7af8109870219df1..f837b0a4f6f49b83d7acf6446b1c42fb5f13979a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
@@ -631,8 +631,10 @@ static int davinci_mcasp_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	active_serializers = (channels + slots - 1) / slots;
 
-	if (mcasp_common_hw_param(mcasp, substream->stream, channels) == -EINVAL)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	ret = mcasp_common_hw_param(mcasp, substream->stream, channels);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)
 		fifo_level = mcasp->txnumevt * active_serializers;
 	else