diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/qcom.c b/drivers/soundwire/qcom.c
index 335424870290..ba502129150d 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/qcom.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static int qcom_swrm_init(struct qcom_swrm_ctrl *ctrl)
 	}
 
 	/* Configure number of retries of a read/write cmd */
-	if (ctrl->version > 0x01050001) {
+	if (ctrl->version >= 0x01050001) {
 		/* Only for versions >= 1.5.1 */
 		ctrl->reg_write(ctrl, SWRM_CMD_FIFO_CFG_ADDR,
 				SWRM_RD_WR_CMD_RETRIES |