diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index ae28d9907c30..85396d920e0a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -3697,11 +3697,16 @@ static int wm_adsp_buffer_parse_legacy(struct wm_adsp *dsp)
 	u32 xmalg, addr, magic;
 	int i, ret;
 
+	alg_region = wm_adsp_find_alg_region(dsp, WMFW_ADSP2_XM, dsp->fw_id);
+	if (!alg_region) {
+		adsp_err(dsp, "No algorithm region found\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	buf = wm_adsp_buffer_alloc(dsp);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	alg_region = wm_adsp_find_alg_region(dsp, WMFW_ADSP2_XM, dsp->fw_id);
 	xmalg = dsp->ops->sys_config_size / sizeof(__be32);
 
 	addr = alg_region->base + xmalg + ALG_XM_FIELD(magic);