diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c
index d9e10308a508..78d9679decda 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static int graph_parse_node_multi_nm(struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link,
 		struct device_node *mcodec_port;
 		int codec_idx;
 
-		if (*nm_idx > nm_max)
+		if (*nm_idx >= nm_max)
 			break;
 
 		mcpu_ep_n = of_get_next_child(mcpu_port, mcpu_ep_n);