diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/core.c b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
index 30db685cc5f4b..2d1616b81485c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
@@ -486,10 +486,9 @@ int snd_sof_device_remove(struct device *dev)
 		snd_sof_ipc_free(sdev);
 		snd_sof_free_debug(sdev);
 		snd_sof_remove(sdev);
+		sof_ops_free(sdev);
 	}
 
-	sof_ops_free(sdev);
-
 	/* release firmware */
 	snd_sof_fw_unload(sdev);