diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
index c7816d52ad08..c67e3acb8102 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
@@ -916,6 +916,13 @@ static int skl_tplg_tlv_control_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 		skl_get_module_params(skl->skl_sst, (u32 *)bc->params,
 				      bc->max, bc->param_id, mconfig);
 
+	/* decrement size for TLV header */
+	size -= 2 * sizeof(u32);
+
+	/* check size as we don't want to send kernel data */
+	if (size > bc->max)
+		size = bc->max;
+
 	if (bc->params) {
 		if (copy_to_user(data, &bc->param_id, sizeof(u32)))
 			return -EFAULT;