diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
index 3bd1bd3e43d6..c099f7df6168 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int sst_create_block_and_ipc_msg(struct ipc_post **arg, bool large,
 		kfree(*arg);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	return retval;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*