--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/sound/pci/ice1712/hoontech.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/sound/pci/ice1712/hoontech.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -309,11 +309,7 @@
 		return err;
 
 	/* ak4524 controls */
-	err = snd_ice1712_akm4xxx_build_controls(ice);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-
-	return 0;
+	return snd_ice1712_akm4xxx_build_controls(ice);
 }
 
 static int snd_ice1712_ez8_init(struct snd_ice1712 *ice)