diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
index fde4bc0f35b0..f5e7dbb1ba39 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ int bxt_sst_dsp_init(struct device *dev, void __iomem *mmio_base, int irq,
 
 	ret = skl_sst_ctx_init(dev, irq, fw_name, dsp_ops, dsp, &skl_dev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(skl->dev, "%s: no device\n", __func__);
+		dev_err(dev, "%s: no device\n", __func__);
 		return ret;
 	}