diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3496e5a272c3..6007261bfbfd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ddb6706af3cd372194cecd2cc61950519df620d7
+refs/heads/master: c34ce320d9fe328e3272def20b152f39ccfa045e
diff --git a/trunk/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/trunk/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 3a4e93e52b6d..b390f00b4e99 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -3631,10 +3631,10 @@ int snd_soc_of_parse_audio_routing(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 	int i, ret;
 
 	num_routes = of_property_count_strings(np, propname);
-	if (num_routes & 1) {
+	if (num_routes < 0 || num_routes & 1) {
 		dev_err(card->dev,
-			"Property '%s's length is not even\n",
-			propname);
+		     "Property '%s' does not exist or its length is not even\n",
+		     propname);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	num_routes /= 2;