diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/rk3308_codec.c b/sound/soc/codecs/rk3308_codec.c
index 07e53017e9ab..c17045911faf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/rk3308_codec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/rk3308_codec.c
@@ -4834,6 +4834,10 @@ static int rk3308_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(rk3308->grf);
 	}
 
+	ret = rk3308_codec_get_version(rk3308);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to get acodec version\n");
+
 	ret = rk3308_codec_sysfs_init(pdev, rk3308);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Sysfs init failed\n");
@@ -4994,13 +4998,6 @@ static int rk3308_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = rk3308_codec_get_version(rk3308);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get acodec version: %d\n",
-			ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(base)) {