diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-compress.c b/sound/soc/soc-compress.c
index eb894d073c07..736b9c45e59a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-compress.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-compress.c
@@ -527,6 +527,11 @@ static int soc_compr_set_params_fe(struct snd_compr_stream *cstream,
 				cstream, &async_domain);
 			} else {
 				be_list[j++] = be;
+				if (j == DPCM_MAX_BE_USERS) {
+					dev_dbg(fe->dev,
+						"ASoC: MAX backend users!\n");
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		for (i = 0; i < j; i++) {
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index 13649f96b370..0ba9dfb854b3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -2403,6 +2403,10 @@ void dpcm_be_dai_prepare_async(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *fe, int stream,
 							    dpcm, domain);
 		} else {
 			dpcm_async[i++] = dpcm;
+			if (i == DPCM_MAX_BE_USERS) {
+				dev_dbg(fe->dev, "ASoC: MAX backend users!\n");
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 	}