diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/amd/acp-ipc.c b/sound/soc/sof/amd/acp-ipc.c
index 2743f07a5e0811..b44b1b1adb6ed9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/amd/acp-ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/amd/acp-ipc.c
@@ -188,11 +188,13 @@ irqreturn_t acp_sof_ipc_irq_thread(int irq, void *context)
 
 	dsp_ack = snd_sof_dsp_read(sdev, ACP_DSP_BAR, ACP_SCRATCH_REG_0 + dsp_ack_write);
 	if (dsp_ack) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&sdev->ipc_lock);
 		/* handle immediate reply from DSP core */
 		acp_dsp_ipc_get_reply(sdev);
 		snd_sof_ipc_reply(sdev, 0);
 		/* set the done bit */
 		acp_dsp_ipc_dsp_done(sdev);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&sdev->ipc_lock);
 		ipc_irq = true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/amd/acp.c b/sound/soc/sof/amd/acp.c
index 32a741fcb84fff..07632ae6ccf5ec 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/amd/acp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/amd/acp.c
@@ -355,21 +355,20 @@ static irqreturn_t acp_irq_thread(int irq, void *context)
 	unsigned int count = ACP_HW_SEM_RETRY_COUNT;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&sdev->ipc_lock);
-	while (snd_sof_dsp_read(sdev, ACP_DSP_BAR, desc->hw_semaphore_offset)) {
-		/* Wait until acquired HW Semaphore lock or timeout */
-		count--;
-		if (!count) {
-			dev_err(sdev->dev, "%s: Failed to acquire HW lock\n", __func__);
-			spin_unlock_irq(&sdev->ipc_lock);
-			return IRQ_NONE;
-		}
+	/* Wait until acquired HW Semaphore lock or timeout */
+	while (snd_sof_dsp_read(sdev, ACP_DSP_BAR, desc->hw_semaphore_offset) && --count)
+		;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&sdev->ipc_lock);
+
+	if (!count) {
+		dev_err(sdev->dev, "%s: Failed to acquire HW lock\n", __func__);
+		return IRQ_NONE;
 	}
 
 	sof_ops(sdev)->irq_thread(irq, sdev);
 	/* Unlock or Release HW Semaphore */
 	snd_sof_dsp_write(sdev, ACP_DSP_BAR, desc->hw_semaphore_offset, 0x0);
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&sdev->ipc_lock);
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 };