diff --git a/sound/core/control_compat.c b/sound/core/control_compat.c
index a848836a5de0468534d5eecfd24adf4bc743f9f2..507fd5210c1cd54d764e718ab00c7c657857ad6c 100644
--- a/sound/core/control_compat.c
+++ b/sound/core/control_compat.c
@@ -396,8 +396,7 @@ static int snd_ctl_elem_add_compat(struct snd_ctl_file *file,
 	if (copy_from_user(&data->id, &data32->id, sizeof(data->id)) ||
 	    copy_from_user(&data->type, &data32->type, 3 * sizeof(u32)))
 		goto error;
-	if (get_user(data->owner, &data32->owner) ||
-	    get_user(data->type, &data32->type))
+	if (get_user(data->owner, &data32->owner))
 		goto error;
 	switch (data->type) {
 	case SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_BOOLEAN: