diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc4.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc4.c
index 06e1872abfee..1449837b0fb2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc4.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc4.c
@@ -616,7 +616,14 @@ static void sof_ipc4_rx_msg(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 			return;
 
 		ipc4_msg->data_size = data_size;
-		snd_sof_ipc_msg_data(sdev, NULL, ipc4_msg->data_ptr, ipc4_msg->data_size);
+		err = snd_sof_ipc_msg_data(sdev, NULL, ipc4_msg->data_ptr, ipc4_msg->data_size);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			dev_err(sdev->dev, "failed to read IPC notification data: %d\n", err);
+			kfree(ipc4_msg->data_ptr);
+			ipc4_msg->data_ptr = NULL;
+			ipc4_msg->data_size = 0;
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	sof_ipc4_log_header(sdev->dev, "ipc rx done ", ipc4_msg, true);