diff --git a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
index 88c27339b299..0ea94cb52bfb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
@@ -1221,8 +1221,9 @@ int q6asm_audio_client_buf_alloc(unsigned int dir,
 	struct audio_buffer *buf;
 	size_t len;
 
-	if (!(ac) || ((dir != IN) && (dir != OUT))) {
-		pr_err("%s: ac %pK dir %d\n", __func__, ac, dir);
+	if (!(ac) || !(bufsz) || ((dir != IN) && (dir != OUT))) {
+		pr_err("%s: ac %pK bufsz %d dir %d\n", __func__, ac, bufsz,
+			dir);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}