diff --git a/asoc/msm-compress-q6-v2.c b/asoc/msm-compress-q6-v2.c
index 14f549310547..df48c414b05b 100644
--- a/asoc/msm-compress-q6-v2.c
+++ b/asoc/msm-compress-q6-v2.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /* Copyright (c) 2012-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.​
  */
 
 
@@ -4219,6 +4220,7 @@ static int msm_compr_adsp_stream_cmd_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&pdata->lock);
 	cstream = pdata->cstream[fe_id];
 	if (cstream == NULL) {
 		pr_err("%s cstream is null\n", __func__);
@@ -4231,7 +4233,6 @@ static int msm_compr_adsp_stream_cmd_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&pdata->lock);
 	if (prtd->audio_client == NULL) {
 		pr_err("%s: audio_client is null\n", __func__);
 		ret = -EINVAL;