diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-pcm.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-pcm.c
index 85d3f390e4b290..07eb5c6d4adf32 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-pcm.c
@@ -413,7 +413,18 @@ static int sof_ipc4_trigger_pipelines(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	ret = sof_ipc4_set_multi_pipeline_state(sdev, state, trigger_list);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "failed to set final state %d for all pipelines\n", state);
-		goto free;
+		/*
+		 * workaround: if the firmware is crashed while setting the
+		 * pipelines to reset state we must ignore the error code and
+		 * reset it to 0.
+		 * Since the firmware is crashed we will not send IPC messages
+		 * and we are going to see errors printed, but the state of the
+		 * widgets will be correct for the next boot.
+		 */
+		if (sdev->fw_state != SOF_FW_CRASHED || state != SOF_IPC4_PIPE_RESET)
+			goto free;
+
+		ret = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* update RUNNING/RESET state for all pipelines that were just triggered */