diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index e451c009f2d9..7d5c096e06cd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -683,11 +683,12 @@ static void wm_adsp_control_remove(struct cs_dsp_coeff_ctl *cs_ctl)
 int wm_adsp_write_ctl(struct wm_adsp *dsp, const char *name, int type,
 		      unsigned int alg, void *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	struct cs_dsp_coeff_ctl *cs_ctl = cs_dsp_get_ctl(&dsp->cs_dsp, name, type, alg);
+	struct cs_dsp_coeff_ctl *cs_ctl;
 	struct wm_coeff_ctl *ctl;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dsp->cs_dsp.pwr_lock);
+	cs_ctl = cs_dsp_get_ctl(&dsp->cs_dsp, name, type, alg);
 	ret = cs_dsp_coeff_write_ctrl(cs_ctl, 0, buf, len);
 	mutex_unlock(&dsp->cs_dsp.pwr_lock);