diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dsp.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dsp.c
index e80a2a5ec56a1..1506982a56c30 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dsp.c
@@ -709,6 +709,9 @@ static int hda_suspend(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, bool runtime_suspend)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* make sure that no irq handler is pending before shutdown */
+	synchronize_irq(sdev->ipc_irq);
+
 	hda_codec_jack_wake_enable(sdev, runtime_suspend);
 
 	/* power down all hda links */