diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index e4161071f300..200815ca4112 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -1280,13 +1280,13 @@ int snd_soc_fixup_dai_links_platform_name(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 
 	/* set platform name for each dailink */
 	for_each_card_prelinks(card, i, dai_link) {
+		if (!dai_link->platforms)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		name = devm_kstrdup(card->dev, platform_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!name)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
-		if (!dai_link->platforms)
-			return -EINVAL;
-
 		/* only single platform is supported for now */
 		dai_link->platforms->name = name;
 	}