diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/avs/pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/avs/pcm.c
index bb1e77ac78e047151ac1cbf365530d1f320ac1ad..781019685b941f84df743958ea59c8a9240ea8d1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/avs/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/avs/pcm.c
@@ -808,7 +808,8 @@ static int avs_component_probe(struct snd_soc_component *component)
 		else
 			mach->tplg_filename = devm_kasprintf(adev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
 							     "hda-generic-tplg.bin");
-
+		if (!mach->tplg_filename)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		filename = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", component->driver->topology_name_prefix,
 				     mach->tplg_filename);
 		if (!filename)