diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index b5e97689589f..2edc9bdad183 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -1350,7 +1350,8 @@ static int pinctrl_commit_state(struct pinctrl *p, struct pinctrl_state *state)
 	goto restore_old_state;
 
 unapply_new_state:
-	dev_err(p->dev, "Error applying setting, reverse things back\n");
+	dev_err_probe(p->dev, ret,
+		      "Error applying setting, reverse things back\n");
 
 	/*
 	 * All we can do here is pinmux_disable_setting.