diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tiny-usb.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tiny-usb.c
index 9ef495f88ef2..0637c71126f9 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tiny-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tiny-usb.c
@@ -260,9 +260,8 @@ static int i2c_tiny_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 		 dev->usb_dev->bus->busnum, dev->usb_dev->devnum);
 
 	if (usb_write(&dev->adapter, CMD_SET_DELAY, delay, 0, NULL, 0) != 0) {
-		dev_err(&dev->adapter.dev,
-			"failure setting delay to %dus\n", delay);
-		retval = -EIO;
+		retval = dev_err_probe(&dev->adapter.dev, -EIO,
+				       "failure setting delay to %dus\n", delay);
 		goto error;
 	}