diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index fdba6e4b25fd..5a0308eb4e31 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@
 #define COMPR_CODEC_CAPS_OVERFLOW
 #endif
 
-/* TODO:
- * - add substream support for multiple devices in case of
- *	SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not used
- * - Multiple node representation
- *	driver should be able to register multiple nodes
- */
-
 struct snd_compr_file {
 	unsigned long caps;
 	struct snd_compr_stream stream;
diff --git a/sound/core/sound.c b/sound/core/sound.c
index 93436db24710..8d05fe0d263b 100644
--- a/sound/core/sound.c
+++ b/sound/core/sound.c
@@ -216,9 +216,16 @@ static int snd_find_free_minor(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev)
 	case SNDRV_DEVICE_TYPE_RAWMIDI:
 	case SNDRV_DEVICE_TYPE_PCM_PLAYBACK:
 	case SNDRV_DEVICE_TYPE_PCM_CAPTURE:
+		if (snd_BUG_ON(!card))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		minor = SNDRV_MINOR(card->number, type + dev);
+		break;
 	case SNDRV_DEVICE_TYPE_COMPRESS:
 		if (snd_BUG_ON(!card))
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (dev < 0 ||
+		    dev >= SNDRV_MINOR_HWDEP - SNDRV_MINOR_COMPRESS)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		minor = SNDRV_MINOR(card->number, type + dev);
 		break;
 	default: