diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
index 01e1a0f3ec39..b4449095b423 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
@@ -743,10 +743,8 @@ static int intel_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	pdi = sdw_cdns_alloc_pdi(cdns, &cdns->pcm, ch, dir, dai->id);
 
-	if (!pdi) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto error;
-	}
+	if (!pdi)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* do run-time configurations for SHIM, ALH and PDI/PORT */
 	intel_pdi_shim_configure(sdw, pdi);
@@ -763,7 +761,7 @@ static int intel_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				  sdw->instance,
 				  pdi->intel_alh_id);
 	if (ret)
-		goto error;
+		return ret;
 
 	sconfig.direction = dir;
 	sconfig.ch_count = ch;
@@ -774,10 +772,8 @@ static int intel_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	/* Port configuration */
 	pconfig = kzalloc(sizeof(*pconfig), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pconfig) {
-		ret =  -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	}
+	if (!pconfig)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	pconfig->num = pdi->num;
 	pconfig->ch_mask = (1 << ch) - 1;
@@ -788,7 +784,7 @@ static int intel_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		dev_err(cdns->dev, "add master to stream failed:%d\n", ret);
 
 	kfree(pconfig);
-error:
+
 	return ret;
 }