diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h b/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
index 78d29f793e38..52369bc7e92c 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ bool generic_module_is_ready_to_process(struct processing_module *mod,
 {
 	int i;
 
+	if (!num_of_sources && !num_of_sinks)
+		return false;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num_of_sources; i++)
 		if (source_get_data_available(sources[i]) < source_get_min_available(sources[i]))
 			return false;