diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
index 7b732f31f974..2e8782dddc80 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ static int sof_pcm_trigger(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	dev_dbg(component->dev, "pcm: trigger stream %d dir %d cmd %d\n",
 		spcm->pcm.pcm_id, substream->stream, cmd);
 
+	spcm->pending_stop[substream->stream] = false;
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_PUSH:
 		ipc_first = true;
@@ -345,6 +347,15 @@ static int sof_pcm_trigger(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 		/* invoke platform trigger to stop DMA even if pcm_ops isn't set or if it failed */
 		if (!pcm_ops || !pcm_ops->platform_stop_during_hw_free)
 			snd_sof_pcm_platform_trigger(sdev, substream, cmd);
+
+		/*
+		 * set the pending_stop flag to indicate that pipeline stop has been delayed.
+		 * This will be used later to stop the pipelines during prepare when recovering
+		 * from xruns.
+		 */
+		if (pcm_ops && pcm_ops->platform_stop_during_hw_free &&
+		    cmd == SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP)
+			spcm->pending_stop[substream->stream] = true;
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.c b/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.c
index b5ca2861edbd..32fef64ef10d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.c
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ int sof_pcm_stream_free(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, struct snd_pcm_substream *subs
 		}
 
 		spcm->prepared[substream->stream] = false;
+		spcm->pending_stop[substream->stream] = false;
 	}
 
 	/* reset the DMA */
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h
index fd664d5586f0..80a5bd69ef1c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-audio.h
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ struct snd_sof_pcm {
 	struct list_head list;	/* list in sdev pcm list */
 	struct snd_pcm_hw_params params[2];
 	bool prepared[2]; /* PCM_PARAMS set successfully */
+	bool pending_stop[2]; /* only used if (!pcm_ops->platform_stop_during_hw_free) */
 };
 
 struct snd_sof_led_control {