diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
index 22d296f95761..cc5762706c9c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
@@ -214,15 +214,17 @@ static int tx_wait_done(struct snd_sof_ipc *ipc, struct snd_sof_ipc_msg *msg,
 		snd_sof_handle_fw_exception(ipc->sdev);
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	} else {
-		/* copy the data returned from DSP */
 		ret = msg->reply_error;
-		if (msg->reply_size)
-			memcpy(reply_data, msg->reply_data, msg->reply_size);
-		if (ret < 0)
+		if (ret < 0) {
 			dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: ipc error for 0x%x size %zu\n",
 				hdr->cmd, msg->reply_size);
-		else
+		} else {
 			ipc_log_header(sdev->dev, "ipc tx succeeded", hdr->cmd);
+			if (msg->reply_size)
+				/* copy the data returned from DSP */
+				memcpy(reply_data, msg->reply_data,
+				       msg->reply_size);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;