diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-client-probes.c b/sound/soc/sof/sof-client-probes.c
index 34e6bd356e71..60e4250fac87 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-client-probes.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-client-probes.c
@@ -693,6 +693,10 @@ static int sof_probes_client_probe(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev,
 	if (!sof_probes_enabled)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
+	/* only ipc3 is supported */
+	if (sof_client_get_ipc_type(cdev) != SOF_IPC)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
 	if (!dev->platform_data) {
 		dev_err(dev, "missing platform data\n");
 		return -ENODEV;