diff --git a/dsp/codecs/audio_utils.c b/dsp/codecs/audio_utils.c
index 1c44fcceb7f4..26e9b0b36044 100644
--- a/dsp/codecs/audio_utils.c
+++ b/dsp/codecs/audio_utils.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/* Copyright (c) 2010-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2010-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -900,9 +900,8 @@ ssize_t audio_in_write(struct file *file,
 						__func__, audio->ac->session);
 			}
 		}
-		xfer = (count > (audio->pcm_cfg.buffer_size)) ?
-				(audio->pcm_cfg.buffer_size) : count;
 
+		xfer = (count > size) ? size : count;
 		if (copy_from_user(cpy_ptr, buf, xfer)) {
 			rc = -EFAULT;
 			break;