diff --git a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
index e9592cf1eb5a..567534e1599d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static ssize_t audio_output_latency_dbgfs_write(struct file *file,
 {
 	char *temp;
 
-	if (count > 2*sizeof(char)) {
+	if (count != 2*sizeof(char)) {
 		pr_err("%s: err count is more %zd\n", __func__, count);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static ssize_t audio_input_latency_dbgfs_write(struct file *file,
 {
 	char *temp;
 
-	if (count > 2*sizeof(char)) {
+	if (count != 2*sizeof(char)) {
 		pr_err("%s: err count is more %zd\n", __func__, count);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	} else {