diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/avs/pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/avs/pcm.c
index dac463390da1..7072bcf4e56f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/avs/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/avs/pcm.c
@@ -927,7 +927,8 @@ 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)