diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/debug.c b/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
index 54cd431faab7..5529e8eeca46 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ static ssize_t sof_dfsentry_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 	 */
 	dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	if (strcmp(dentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_count") &&
-	    strcmp(dentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_duration_ms"))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	    strcmp(dentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_duration_ms")) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(dentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_duration_ms"))
 		flood_duration_test = true;