diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
index 3a99712e44a8..64a0f8ed33e1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ static int skl_tplg_get_manifest_tkn(struct device *dev,
 
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
-			tkn_count += ret;
+			tkn_count = ret;
 
 			tuple_size += tkn_count *
 				sizeof(struct snd_soc_tplg_vendor_string_elem);