diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index 2c114b4542ce4cf765bf6818975da20964ba57a0..c517064f5391b20d9e912e91025d35623b2b3067 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -2630,15 +2630,15 @@ static int soc_dpcm_fe_runtime_update(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *fe, int new)
 	int count, paths;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!fe->dai_link->dynamic)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (fe->num_cpus > 1) {
 		dev_err(fe->dev,
 			"%s doesn't support Multi CPU yet\n", __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (!fe->dai_link->dynamic)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* only check active links */
 	if (!snd_soc_dai_active(asoc_rtd_to_cpu(fe, 0)))
 		return 0;