diff --git a/sound/core/memalloc.c b/sound/core/memalloc.c
index 6a81aaab25ab..ba095558b6d1 100644
--- a/sound/core/memalloc.c
+++ b/sound/core/memalloc.c
@@ -542,8 +542,10 @@ static void *snd_dma_noncontig_alloc(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, size_t size)
 	struct sg_table *sgt;
 	void *p;
 
+	sgt = dma_alloc_noncontiguous(dmab->dev.dev, size, dmab->dev.dir,
+				      DEFAULT_GFP, 0);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SND_DMA_SGBUF
-	if (!get_dma_ops(dmab->dev.dev)) {
+	if (!sgt && !get_dma_ops(dmab->dev.dev)) {
 		if (dmab->dev.type == SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_WC_SG)
 			dmab->dev.type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_WC_SG_FALLBACK;
 		else
@@ -551,9 +553,6 @@ static void *snd_dma_noncontig_alloc(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, size_t size)
 		return snd_dma_sg_fallback_alloc(dmab, size);
 	}
 #endif
-
-	sgt = dma_alloc_noncontiguous(dmab->dev.dev, size, dmab->dev.dir,
-				      DEFAULT_GFP, 0);
 	if (!sgt)
 		return NULL;