If the state of the firmware is not BOOT_COMPLETE, it means that the firmware is not functioning, thus it is not capable of handling IPC messages. Do not try to send IPC if the state is not BOOT_COMPLETE Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/sof/ipc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c index bbd539071ac5..5bcf906d90af 100644 --- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c +++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static int sof_ipc_tx_message_unlocked(struct snd_sof_ipc *ipc, u32 header, struct snd_sof_ipc_msg *msg; int ret; - if (ipc->disable_ipc_tx || sdev->fw_state == SOF_FW_CRASHED) + if (ipc->disable_ipc_tx || sdev->fw_state != SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE) return -ENODEV; /* -- 2.34.1