diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-voice-proto.c b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-voice-proto.c
index e3c6587dde93..744d9fc0c80b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-voice-proto.c
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-voice-proto.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int q6vp_play(const char *name)
 	struct device *dev = q6vp_apm->dev;
 	size_t off;
 	uint32_t i, num, opcode, size;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, err = 0;
 
 	ret = request_firmware(&fw, name, dev);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -104,15 +104,16 @@ static int q6vp_play(const char *name)
 		ret = q6vp_send(opcode, fw->data + off, size);
 		dev_info(dev, "voice-proto: %s[%u] opcode 0x%08x size %u -> %d\n",
 			 name, i, opcode, size, ret);
+		/* keep going on DSP rejections; each result is logged */
 		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+			err = ret;
 
 		off += ALIGN(size, 4);
 	}
 
 out:
 	release_firmware(fw);
-	return ret;
+	return ret ? ret : err;
 }
 
 static ssize_t q6vp_play_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,