diff --git a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
index 1f0ec34b38da..3550d4fc721d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static ssize_t audio_output_latency_dbgfs_write(struct file *file,
 {
 	char *temp;
 
-	if (count > 2*sizeof(char)) {
+	if (count != 2*sizeof(char)) {
 		pr_err("%s: err count is more %zd\n", __func__, count);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static ssize_t audio_input_latency_dbgfs_write(struct file *file,
 {
 	char *temp;
 
-	if (count > 2*sizeof(char)) {
+	if (count != 2*sizeof(char)) {
 		pr_err("%s: err count is more %zd\n", __func__, count);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	} else {