diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-ipc.c b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-ipc.c
index ef5b66af1cd2..3a66121ee9bb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-ipc.c
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ struct ipc_message *sst_ipc_reply_find_msg(struct sst_generic_ipc *ipc,
 
 	if (ipc->ops.reply_msg_match != NULL)
 		header = ipc->ops.reply_msg_match(header, &mask);
+	else
+		mask = (u64)-1;
 
 	if (list_empty(&ipc->rx_list)) {
 		dev_err(ipc->dev, "error: rx list empty but received 0x%llx\n",