diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-sprd-adi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-sprd-adi.c
index 127b8bd25831..392ec5cfa3d6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-sprd-adi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sprd-adi.c
@@ -504,10 +504,7 @@ static int sprd_adi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			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;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-sprd.c b/drivers/spi/spi-sprd.c
index 0443fec3a6ab..635738f54c73 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-sprd.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sprd.c
@@ -553,22 +553,15 @@ static int sprd_spi_dma_tx_config(struct sprd_spi *ss, struct spi_transfer *t)
 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;