diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
index 89614d08d091..268629d5505c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,10 @@ static int get_dailink_info(struct device *dev,
 		int stream;
 		u64 adr;
 
+		/* make sure the link mask has a single bit set */
+		if (!is_power_of_2(adr_link->mask))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		for (i = 0; i < adr_link->num_adr; i++) {
 			adr = adr_link->adr_d[i].adr;
 			codec_index = find_codec_info_part(adr);
@@ -1302,10 +1306,6 @@ static int get_slave_info(const struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr *adr_link,
 	no_aggregation = sof_sdw_quirk & SOF_SDW_NO_AGGREGATION;
 	adr_d = &adr_link->adr_d[adr_index];
 
-	/* make sure the link mask has a single bit set */
-	if (!is_power_of_2(adr_link->mask))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	cpu_dai_id[index++] = ffs(adr_link->mask) - 1;
 	if (!adr_d->endpoints->aggregated || no_aggregation) {
 		*cpu_dai_num = 1;
@@ -1334,10 +1334,6 @@ static int get_slave_info(const struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr *adr_link,
 		    endpoint->group_id != *group_id)
 			continue;
 
-		/* make sure the link mask has a single bit set */
-		if (!is_power_of_2(adr_next->mask))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
 		if (index >= SDW_MAX_CPU_DAIS) {
 			dev_err(dev, "cpu_dai_id array overflows\n");
 			return -EINVAL;