diff --git a/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c b/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c
index a43d2db5cbdb..4265e9dbed84 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-dsp.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int imx_dsp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dev_info(dev, "NXP i.MX DSP IPC initialized\n");
 
-	return devm_of_platform_populate(dev);
+	return 0;
 out:
 	kfree(chan_name);
 	for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {