diff --git a/dsp/q6asm.c b/dsp/q6asm.c
index 6681dcb27497..b27163f35883 100644
--- a/dsp/q6asm.c
+++ b/dsp/q6asm.c
@@ -1952,8 +1952,8 @@ static int32_t q6asm_callback(struct apr_client_data *data, void *priv)
 	    (data->opcode != ASM_DATA_EVENT_EOS) &&
 	    (data->opcode != ASM_SESSION_EVENTX_OVERFLOW) &&
 	    (data->opcode != ASM_SESSION_EVENT_RX_UNDERFLOW)) {
-		if (payload == NULL || (data->payload_size < (2 * sizeof(uint32_t)))) {
-			pr_err("%s: payload is null or invalid size[%d]\n", __func__, data->payload_size);
+		if (payload == NULL) {
+			pr_err("%s: payload is null\n", __func__);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(
 				&(session[session_id].session_lock), flags);
 			return -EINVAL;