dev_info(&pdev->dev, "no hardware spinlock supplied\n");
                        break;
                default:
-                       dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-                               "failed to find hwlock id, %d\n", ret);
-                       fallthrough;
-               case -EPROBE_DEFER:
+                       dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "failed to find hwlock id\n");
                        goto put_ctlr;
                }
        }
 
 static int sprd_spi_dma_request(struct sprd_spi *ss)
 {
        ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX] = dma_request_chan(ss->dev, "rx_chn");
-       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX])) {
-               if (PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX]) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-                       return PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX]);
-
-               dev_err(ss->dev, "request RX DMA channel failed!\n");
-               return PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX]);
-       }
+       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX]))
+               return dev_err_probe(ss->dev, PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX]),
+                                    "request RX DMA channel failed!\n");
 
        ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]  = dma_request_chan(ss->dev, "tx_chn");
        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX])) {
                dma_release_channel(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_RX]);
-               if (PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-                       return PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]);
-
-               dev_err(ss->dev, "request TX DMA channel failed!\n");
-               return PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]);
+               return dev_err_probe(ss->dev, PTR_ERR(ss->dma.dma_chan[SPRD_SPI_TX]),
+                                    "request TX DMA channel failed!\n");
        }
 
        return 0;