diff --git a/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c b/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c
index 5fe08de91ecd336782174715aed854167b4651d0..3814cbba0a54409f82b0d2195bf216928fff88a1 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c
@@ -1177,6 +1177,7 @@ static int cs_dsp_parse_coeff(struct cs_dsp *dsp,
 				return -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		case WMFW_CTL_TYPE_HOSTEVENT:
+		case WMFW_CTL_TYPE_FWEVENT:
 			ret = cs_dsp_check_coeff_flags(dsp, &coeff_blk,
 						       WMFW_CTL_FLAG_SYS |
 						       WMFW_CTL_FLAG_VOLATILE |
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware/cirrus/wmfw.h b/include/linux/firmware/cirrus/wmfw.h
index a19bf7c6fc8b06c8aa986ddd9ca037fe6c4851f8..74e5a4f6c13a06cde63dde9152a14009ab8396a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware/cirrus/wmfw.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware/cirrus/wmfw.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define WMFW_CTL_TYPE_ACKED       0x1000 /* acked control */
 #define WMFW_CTL_TYPE_HOSTEVENT   0x1001 /* event control */
 #define WMFW_CTL_TYPE_HOST_BUFFER 0x1002 /* host buffer pointer */
+#define WMFW_CTL_TYPE_FWEVENT     0x1004 /* firmware event control */
 
 struct wmfw_header {
 	char magic[4];