diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
index 9fca81492863..a9f04dd83ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct qcom_sysmon {
 	struct completion comp;
 	struct completion ind_comp;
 	struct completion shutdown_comp;
+	struct completion ssctl_comp;
 	struct mutex lock;
 
 	bool ssr_ack;
@@ -445,6 +446,8 @@ static int ssctl_new_server(struct qmi_handle *qmi, struct qmi_service *svc)
 
 	svc->priv = sysmon;
 
+	complete(&sysmon->ssctl_comp);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -501,6 +504,7 @@ static int sysmon_start(struct rproc_subdev *subdev)
 		.ssr_event = SSCTL_SSR_EVENT_AFTER_POWERUP
 	};
 
+	reinit_completion(&sysmon->ssctl_comp);
 	mutex_lock(&sysmon->state_lock);
 	sysmon->state = SSCTL_SSR_EVENT_AFTER_POWERUP;
 	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&sysmon_notifiers, 0, (void *)&event);
@@ -545,6 +549,11 @@ static void sysmon_stop(struct rproc_subdev *subdev, bool crashed)
 	if (crashed)
 		return;
 
+	if (sysmon->ssctl_instance) {
+		if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&sysmon->ssctl_comp, HZ / 2))
+			dev_err(sysmon->dev, "timeout waiting for ssctl service\n");
+	}
+
 	if (sysmon->ssctl_version)
 		sysmon->shutdown_acked = ssctl_request_shutdown(sysmon);
 	else if (sysmon->ept)
@@ -631,6 +640,7 @@ struct qcom_sysmon *qcom_add_sysmon_subdev(struct rproc *rproc,
 	init_completion(&sysmon->comp);
 	init_completion(&sysmon->ind_comp);
 	init_completion(&sysmon->shutdown_comp);
+	init_completion(&sysmon->ssctl_comp);
 	mutex_init(&sysmon->lock);
 	mutex_init(&sysmon->state_lock);