diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
index e7076692119b..143b8259a70a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
@@ -1043,15 +1043,16 @@ static int sof_control_load_bytes(struct snd_soc_component *scomp,
 	struct soc_bytes_ext *sbe = (struct soc_bytes_ext *)kc->private_value;
 	int max_size = sbe->max;
 
-	if (le32_to_cpu(control->priv.size) > max_size) {
-		dev_err(sdev->dev, "err: bytes data size %d exceeds max %d.\n",
-			control->priv.size, max_size);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	/* init the get/put bytes data */
 	scontrol->size = sizeof(struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data) +
 		le32_to_cpu(control->priv.size);
+
+	if (scontrol->size > max_size) {
+		dev_err(sdev->dev, "err: bytes data size %d exceeds max %d.\n",
+			scontrol->size, max_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	scontrol->control_data = kzalloc(max_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	cdata = scontrol->control_data;
 	if (!scontrol->control_data)