1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
index 59e4389c94a4..0ca30894f7c6 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ static int build_afg_tree(struct hda_codec *codec)
         int i, nodes, err;
         hda_nid_t nid;
 
-        snd_assert(spec, return -EINVAL);
+        if (snd_BUG_ON(!spec))
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         spec->def_amp_out_caps = snd_hda_param_read(codec, codec->afg, AC_PAR_AMP_OUT_CAP);
         spec->def_amp_in_caps = snd_hda_param_read(codec, codec->afg, AC_PAR_AMP_IN_CAP);