diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-stream.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-stream.c
index ff6ab0c45d8ea2..ddfd80b44e6e8c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-stream.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-stream.c
@@ -448,12 +448,12 @@ int hda_dsp_stream_hw_free(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 	struct hdac_bus *bus = sof_to_bus(sdev);
 	u32 mask = 0x1 << stream->index;
 
-	spin_lock(&bus->reg_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&bus->reg_lock);
 	/* couple host and link DMA if link DMA channel is idle */
 	if (!link_dev->link_locked)
 		snd_sof_dsp_update_bits(sdev, HDA_DSP_PP_BAR,
 					SOF_HDA_REG_PP_PPCTL, mask, 0);
-	spin_unlock(&bus->reg_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bus->reg_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }