diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
index 6a0e7f3b5023..872e44408298 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
@@ -545,6 +545,10 @@ static int sof_copy_tuples(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, struct snd_soc_tplg_vendor_
 				if (*num_copied_tuples == tuples_size)
 					return 0;
 			}
+
+			/* stop when we've found the required token instances */
+			if (found == num_tokens * token_instance_num)
+				return 0;
 		}
 
 		/* next array */