diff --git a/src/topology/ctl.c b/src/topology/ctl.c
index 6e6c1d16..0aa49ab8 100644
--- a/src/topology/ctl.c
+++ b/src/topology/ctl.c
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ int tplg_decode_control_enum1(snd_tplg_t *tplg,
 		et->texts = tplg_calloc(heap, sizeof(char *) * ec->items);
 		if (!et->texts)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		for (i = 0; ec->items; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < ec->items; i++) {
 			unsigned int j = i * sizeof(int) * ENUM_VAL_SIZE;
 			et->texts[i] = ec->texts[i];
 			et->values[i] = (int *)&ec->values[j];