diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-stream.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-stream.c
index 0c11fceb28a7..d3edc40c7f47 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-stream.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-stream.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ int hda_dsp_stream_init(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 
 	if (num_capture >= SOF_HDA_CAPTURE_STREAMS) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: too many capture streams %d\n",
-			num_playback);
+			num_capture);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}