diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/peb2466.c b/sound/soc/codecs/peb2466.c
index 76ee7e3f4d9b9b..67ea70cef0c7ab 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/peb2466.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/peb2466.c
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ static int peb2466_reg_read(void *context, unsigned int reg, unsigned int *val)
 	case PEB2466_CMD_XOP:
 	case PEB2466_CMD_SOP:
 		ret = peb2466_read_byte(peb2466, reg, &tmp);
-		*val = tmp;
+		if (!ret)
+			*val = tmp;
 		break;
 	default:
 		dev_err(&peb2466->spi->dev, "Not a XOP or SOP command\n");