diff --git a/sound/soc/uniphier/aio-dma.c b/sound/soc/uniphier/aio-dma.c
index 4ec6b65bfb4498facd55d168f13e1daa7e029fa8..fa001d3c1a88705e729a2db401583067c52cd3fd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/uniphier/aio-dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/uniphier/aio-dma.c
@@ -235,10 +235,11 @@ static int uniphier_aiodma_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm,
+	snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm,
 		SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV, dev,
 		uniphier_aiodma_hw.buffer_bytes_max,
 		uniphier_aiodma_hw.buffer_bytes_max);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void uniphier_aiodma_free(struct snd_pcm *pcm)