diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
index d01e8d516df1..64b85b786bf6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ static int fsl_spdif_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_PUSH:
 		regmap_update_bits(regmap, REG_SPDIF_SCR, dmaen, 0);
 		regmap_update_bits(regmap, REG_SPDIF_SIE, intr, 0);
+		regmap_write(regmap, REG_SPDIF_STL, 0x0);
+		regmap_write(regmap, REG_SPDIF_STR, 0x0);
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;