diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
index f96fe4ff8425..d208b05051fd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ static int imx_rpmsg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			    SND_SOC_DAIFMT_NB_NF |
 			    SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CBS_CFS;
 
+	/*
+	 * i.MX rpmsg sound cards work on codec slave mode. MCLK will be
+	 * disabled by CPU DAI driver in hw_free(). Some codec requires MCLK
+	 * present at power up/down sequence. So need to set ignore_pmdown_time
+	 * to power down codec immediately before MCLK is turned off.
+	 */
+	data->dai.ignore_pmdown_time = 1;
+
 	/* Optional codec node */
 	ret = of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args(np, "audio-codec", 0, 0, &args);
 	if (ret) {