diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
index 5f5753608c7939c2790f8a0199c9bafc47e4bad1..af2efc1c8436ea586b43840ec945859fe2a518c9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,8 @@ int sof_ipc_init_msg_memory(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	if (!msg->reply_data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	sdev->ipc->max_payload_size = SOF_IPC_MSG_MAX_SIZE;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
index 93de5547b95221cce9c629c1b52734ad3c57d72d..f75c6f76297e795083a558614205a89ad7c7c5e9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ struct snd_sof_ipc {
 	/* disables further sending of ipc's */
 	bool disable_ipc_tx;
 
+	/* Maximum allowed size of a single IPC message/reply */
+	size_t max_payload_size;
+
 	struct snd_sof_ipc_msg msg;
 
 	/* IPC ops based on version */