diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
index c6824036fc24843f40faed764bc04ea4224c6a0b..07d2a73ff2071ebd78ab5c2ac6bf66b3686e636b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ int skl_stop_pipe(struct skl_sst *ctx, struct skl_pipe *pipe)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	pipe->state = SKL_PIPE_CREATED;
+	pipe->state = SKL_PIPE_PAUSED;
 
 	return 0;
 }