diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
index 556e883a32edb..5f03ee390d54b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ static int hda_link_dma_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	struct hdac_bus *bus = hstream->bus;
 	struct hdac_ext_link *link;
 
+	link = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(bus, codec_dai->component->name);
+	if (!link)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	hext_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream);
 	if (!hext_stream) {
 		hext_stream = hda_link_stream_assign(bus, substream);
@@ -225,10 +229,6 @@ static int hda_link_dma_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream, (void *)hext_stream);
 	}
 
-	link = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(bus, codec_dai->component->name);
-	if (!link)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/* set the hdac_stream in the codec dai */
 	snd_soc_dai_set_stream(codec_dai, hdac_stream(hext_stream), substream->stream);