diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-utils.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-utils.c
index 25fcb796bd86..ddcb52a51854 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-utils.c
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ int snd_skl_get_module_info(struct skl_sst *ctx, u8 *uuid,
 
 	uuid_mod = (uuid_le *)uuid;
 
+	if (list_empty(&ctx->uuid_list)) {
+		dev_err(ctx->dev, "Module list is empty\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	list_for_each_entry(module, &ctx->uuid_list, list) {
 		if (uuid_le_cmp(*uuid_mod, module->uuid) == 0) {
 			dfw_config->module_id = module->id;
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
index cd59536a761d..e3e764167765 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
@@ -672,8 +672,10 @@ static int skl_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 
 	skl->nhlt = skl_nhlt_init(bus->dev);
 
-	if (skl->nhlt == NULL)
+	if (skl->nhlt == NULL) {
+		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	skl_nhlt_update_topology_bin(skl);