diff --git a/asoc/msm-lsm-client.c b/asoc/msm-lsm-client.c
index 443f62e84d01..9b82d8c49a51 100644
--- a/asoc/msm-lsm-client.c
+++ b/asoc/msm-lsm-client.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2013-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -879,6 +879,13 @@ static int msm_lsm_dereg_model(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	if (p_info->model_id != 0 &&
 		p_info->param_type == LSM_DEREG_MULTI_SND_MODEL) {
+
+		if(list_empty(&client->stage_cfg[p_info->stage_idx].sound_models)) {
+				 pr_err("%s: sound_models list is empty \n",
+                                 __func__);
+				 return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		list_for_each_entry(sm,
 				   &client->stage_cfg[p_info->stage_idx].sound_models,
 				   list) {
diff --git a/dsp/q6lsm.c b/dsp/q6lsm.c
index f79298d0c31d..175c8fcb1a7e 100644
--- a/dsp/q6lsm.c
+++ b/dsp/q6lsm.c
@@ -2460,6 +2460,12 @@ int q6lsm_set_one_param(struct lsm_client *client,
 				       sizeof(struct param_hdr_v2);
 
 		if (param_type == LSM_REG_MULTI_SND_MODEL) {
+			if(list_empty(&client->stage_cfg[p_info->stage_idx].sound_models)) {
+				 pr_err("%s: sound_models list is empty \n",
+                                 __func__);
+				 return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
 			list_for_each_entry(sm,
 					    &client->stage_cfg[p_info->stage_idx].sound_models,
 					    list) {