diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/arche-platform.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/arche-platform.c
index 2dc11fdc5b88edfcc1ffe78435f41a94d4ec16f4..efeafb373cf1600f61e6c79414312cce2866492e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/arche-platform.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/arche-platform.c
@@ -185,11 +185,15 @@ static void arche_platform_poweroff_seq(struct arche_platform_drvdata *arche_pda
 	if (arche_pdata->state == ARCHE_PLATFORM_STATE_OFF)
 		return;
 
-	/* Send disconnect/detach event to SVC */
-	gpio_set_value(arche_pdata->wake_detect_gpio, 0);
-	usleep_range(100, 200);
+	/* If in fw_flashing mode, then no need to repeate things again */
+	if (arche_pdata->state != ARCHE_PLATFORM_STATE_FW_FLASHING) {
+		/* Send disconnect/detach event to SVC */
+		gpio_set_value(arche_pdata->wake_detect_gpio, 0);
+		usleep_range(100, 200);
+
+		clk_disable_unprepare(arche_pdata->svc_ref_clk);
+	}
 
-	clk_disable_unprepare(arche_pdata->svc_ref_clk);
 	/* As part of exit, put APB back in reset state */
 	svc_reset_onoff(arche_pdata->svc_reset_gpio,
 			arche_pdata->is_reset_act_hi);