diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
index b34c965086058e099f8e7e0d12ff557400d80657..2a2bb944cd40e2cf9e9f470a3cd0686aaa01f626 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ static int bxt_set_dsp_D0(struct sst_dsp *ctx, unsigned int core_id)
 				return ret;
 			}
 		}
+		skl->cores.state[core_id] = SKL_DSP_RUNNING;
 		return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.c
index c3deefab65d6f80a6efa2c3c58fa119d99e3925e..08332723c70029fa49fa3b991b68b358cc1d4158 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.c
@@ -355,12 +355,13 @@ int skl_dsp_get_core(struct sst_dsp *ctx, unsigned int core_id)
 		ret = ctx->fw_ops.set_state_D0(ctx, core_id);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			dev_err(ctx->dev, "unable to get core%d\n", core_id);
-			return ret;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
 	skl->cores.usage_count[core_id]++;
 
+out:
 	dev_dbg(ctx->dev, "core id %d state %d usage_count %d\n",
 			core_id, skl->cores.state[core_id],
 			skl->cores.usage_count[core_id]);
@@ -379,7 +380,8 @@ int skl_dsp_put_core(struct sst_dsp *ctx, unsigned int core_id)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (--skl->cores.usage_count[core_id] == 0) {
+	if ((--skl->cores.usage_count[core_id] == 0) &&
+		(skl->cores.state[core_id] != SKL_DSP_RESET)) {
 		ret = ctx->fw_ops.set_state_D3(ctx, core_id);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			dev_err(ctx->dev, "unable to put core %d: %d\n",