diff --git a/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c b/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
index e1d769402696..0b9a59d5b8f0 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static int imx8mq_usb_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	imx_phy->vbus = devm_regulator_get(dev, "vbus");
 	if (IS_ERR(imx_phy->vbus))
-		return PTR_ERR(imx_phy->vbus);
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(imx_phy->vbus), "failed to get vbus\n");
 
 	phy_set_drvdata(imx_phy->phy, imx_phy);