2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h b/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
index 8d9814b17c46..69cae7198b18 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_NUM_TEXTS          16
 
 /* ABI version */
-#define SND_SOC_TPLG_ABI_VERSION        0x5
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_ABI_VERSION        0x5     /* current version */
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_ABI_VERSION_MIN    0x4     /* oldest version supported */
 
 /* Max size of TLV data */
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_TLV_SIZE           32
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
index 0f1c8ebf8cda..2f9b64ec5904 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
@@ -2056,7 +2056,9 @@ static int soc_valid_header(struct soc_tplg *tplg,
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        if (hdr->abi != SND_SOC_TPLG_ABI_VERSION) {
+        /* Support ABI from version 4 */
+        if (hdr->abi > SND_SOC_TPLG_ABI_VERSION
+                || hdr->abi < SND_SOC_TPLG_ABI_VERSION_MIN) {
                 dev_err(tplg->dev,
                         "ASoC: pass %d invalid ABI version got 0x%x need 0x%x at offset 0x%lx size 0x%zx.\n",
                         tplg->pass, hdr->abi,