diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index 6313b3da967b94..bbdb72f73df19d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static int wm_coeff_put_acked(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
 
 	mutex_lock(&ctl->dsp->pwr_lock);
 
-	if (ctl->enabled)
+	if (ctl->enabled && ctl->dsp->running)
 		ret = wm_coeff_write_acked_control(ctl, val);
 	else
 		ret = -EPERM;