diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
index bbd539071ac50d8702f50dd26b831b6b85dc211a..5bcf906d90af29e92747423fe9acb39cfa99fb1f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static int sof_ipc_tx_message_unlocked(struct snd_sof_ipc *ipc, u32 header,
 	struct snd_sof_ipc_msg *msg;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (ipc->disable_ipc_tx || sdev->fw_state == SOF_FW_CRASHED)
+	if (ipc->disable_ipc_tx || sdev->fw_state != SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/*