diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-pci-dev.c b/sound/soc/sof/sof-pci-dev.c
index 571dc679ff7c..966bf2840347 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-pci-dev.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-pci-dev.c
@@ -31,17 +31,21 @@ static char *tplg_path;
 module_param(tplg_path, charp, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(tplg_path, "alternate path for SOF topology.");
 
+static char *tplg_filename;
+module_param(tplg_filename, charp, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(tplg_filename, "alternate filename for SOF topology.");
+
 static int sof_pci_debug;
 module_param_named(sof_pci_debug, sof_pci_debug, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(sof_pci_debug, "SOF PCI debug options (0x0 all off)");
 
-static const char *sof_override_tplg_name;
+static const char *sof_dmi_override_tplg_name;
 
 #define SOF_PCI_DISABLE_PM_RUNTIME BIT(0)
 
 static int sof_tplg_cb(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
 {
-	sof_override_tplg_name = id->driver_data;
+	sof_dmi_override_tplg_name = id->driver_data;
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -391,9 +395,20 @@ static int sof_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 		sof_pdata->tplg_filename_prefix =
 			sof_pdata->desc->default_tplg_path;
 
-	dmi_check_system(sof_tplg_table);
-	if (sof_override_tplg_name)
-		sof_pdata->tplg_filename = sof_override_tplg_name;
+	/*
+	 * the topology filename will be provided in the machine descriptor, unless
+	 * it is overridden by a module parameter or DMI quirk.
+	 */
+	if (tplg_filename) {
+		sof_pdata->tplg_filename = tplg_filename;
+
+		dev_dbg(dev, "Module parameter used, changed tplg filename to %s\n",
+			sof_pdata->tplg_filename);
+	} else {
+		dmi_check_system(sof_tplg_table);
+		if (sof_dmi_override_tplg_name)
+			sof_pdata->tplg_filename = sof_dmi_override_tplg_name;
+	}
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_PROBE_WORK_QUEUE)
 	/* set callback to enable runtime_pm */