diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index 2a1e2ef6545e..67a78d30410d 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -168,10 +168,13 @@ static int snd_compr_free(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
 static int snd_compr_update_tstamp(struct snd_compr_stream *stream,
 		struct snd_compr_tstamp *tstamp)
 {
+	int err = 0;
 	if (!stream->ops->pointer)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
-	stream->ops->pointer(stream, tstamp);
+	err = stream->ops->pointer(stream, tstamp);
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDIO_QGKI
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 	pr_debug("dsp consumed till %d total %llu bytes\n",
 		tstamp->byte_offset, tstamp->copied_total);
 #else