diff --git a/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_functions.c b/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_functions.c
index d27ffb25ad97..dca60ee8e62c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_functions.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_functions.c
@@ -1601,10 +1601,19 @@ static int find_sdca_entities(struct device *dev, struct sdw_slave *sdw,
 static struct sdca_entity *find_sdca_entity_by_label(struct sdca_function_data *function,
 						     const char *entity_label)
 {
+	struct sdca_entity *entity = NULL;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < function->num_entities; i++) {
-		struct sdca_entity *entity = &function->entities[i];
+		entity = &function->entities[i];
+
+		/* check whole string first*/
+		if (!strcmp(entity->label, entity_label))
+			return entity;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < function->num_entities; i++) {
+		entity = &function->entities[i];
 
 		if (!strncmp(entity->label, entity_label, strlen(entity_label)))
 			return entity;