diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index ec352c6ae49a..d9d326297834 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -150,7 +150,14 @@ make_codec_cmd(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid, int direct,
 {
 	u32 val;
 
-	val = (u32)(codec->addr & 0x0f) << 28;
+	if ((codec->addr & ~0xf) | (direct & ~1) | (nid & ~0x7f) |
+	    (verb & ~0xfff) | (parm & ~0xff)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "hda-codec: out of range cmd %x:%x:%x:%x:%x\n",
+		       codec->addr, direct, nid, verb, parm);
+		return ~0;
+	}
+
+	val = (u32)codec->addr << 28;
 	val |= (u32)direct << 27;
 	val |= (u32)nid << 20;
 	val |= verb << 8;
@@ -167,6 +174,9 @@ static int codec_exec_verb(struct hda_codec *codec, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct hda_bus *bus = codec->bus;
 	int err;
 
+	if (cmd == ~0)
+		return -1;
+
 	if (res)
 		*res = -1;
  again: