diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.c
index c2ba5ff1632c79fa7bd2b07784cbe178568f8a0a..19ee1d4f3bdff5b2ff5973d702c9ddf714de38ea 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-dsp.c
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ int skl_dsp_get_core(struct sst_dsp *ctx, unsigned int core_id)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	skl->cores.usage_count[core_id]++;
+
 	if (skl->cores.state[core_id] == SKL_DSP_RESET) {
 		ret = ctx->fw_ops.set_state_D0(ctx, core_id);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -359,8 +361,6 @@ int skl_dsp_get_core(struct sst_dsp *ctx, unsigned int core_id)
 		}
 	}
 
-	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],