diff --git a/src/audio/host.c b/src/audio/host.c
index 8f0495723569..7bf46d6cb34f 100644
--- a/src/audio/host.c
+++ b/src/audio/host.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct host_data {
 	uint32_t host_period_bytes;
 	uint16_t stream_tag;
 	uint16_t no_stream_position; /**< 1 means don't send stream position */
+	uint8_t cont_update_posn; /**< 1 means continuous update stream position */
 
 	/* host component attributes */
 	enum comp_copy_type copy_type;	/**< Current host copy type */
@@ -307,6 +308,8 @@ static void host_update_position(struct comp_dev *dev, uint32_t bytes)
 	struct comp_buffer *source;
 	struct comp_buffer *sink;
 	int ret;
+	bool update_mailbox = false;
+	bool send_ipc = false;
 
 
 	if (dev->direction == SOF_IPC_STREAM_PLAYBACK)
@@ -345,6 +348,8 @@ static void host_update_position(struct comp_dev *dev, uint32_t bytes)
 #else
 		hd->local_pos = 0;
 #endif
+	if (hd->cont_update_posn)
+		update_mailbox = true;
 
 	/* Don't send stream position if no_stream_position == 1 */
 	if (!hd->no_stream_position) {
@@ -361,12 +366,18 @@ static void host_update_position(struct comp_dev *dev, uint32_t bytes)
 			/* send timestamped position to host
 			 * (updates position first, by calling ops.position())
 			 */
-			pipeline_get_timestamp(dev->pipeline, dev, &hd->posn);
-			mailbox_stream_write(dev->pipeline->posn_offset,
-					     &hd->posn, sizeof(hd->posn));
-			ipc_msg_send(hd->msg, &hd->posn, false);
+			update_mailbox = true;
+			send_ipc = true;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (update_mailbox) {
+		pipeline_get_timestamp(dev->pipeline, dev, &hd->posn);
+		mailbox_stream_write(dev->pipeline->posn_offset,
+				     &hd->posn, sizeof(hd->posn));
+		if (send_ipc)
+			ipc_msg_send(hd->msg, &hd->posn, false);
+	}
 }
 
 /* The host memory is not guaranteed to be continuous and also not guaranteed
@@ -761,6 +772,7 @@ static int host_params(struct comp_dev *dev,
 	hd->stream_tag = params->stream_tag;
 	hd->no_stream_position = params->no_stream_position;
 	hd->host_period_bytes = params->host_period_bytes;
+	hd->cont_update_posn = params->cont_update_posn;
 
 	/* retrieve DMA buffer address alignment */
 	err = dma_get_attribute(hd->dma, DMA_ATTR_BUFFER_ADDRESS_ALIGNMENT,
diff --git a/src/include/ipc/stream.h b/src/include/ipc/stream.h
index 1bf75832d5dc..e4723972a9f1 100644
--- a/src/include/ipc/stream.h
+++ b/src/include/ipc/stream.h
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ struct sof_ipc_stream_params {
 
 	uint32_t host_period_bytes;
 	uint16_t no_stream_position; /**< 1 means don't send stream position */
+	uint8_t cont_update_posn; /**< 1 means continuous update stream position */
 
-	uint16_t reserved[3];
+	uint8_t reserved[5];
 	uint16_t chmap[SOF_IPC_MAX_CHANNELS];	/**< channel map - SOF_CHMAP_ */
 } __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
 
diff --git a/src/include/kernel/abi.h b/src/include/kernel/abi.h
index 43580b178e11..cc061fb0aa28 100644
--- a/src/include/kernel/abi.h
+++ b/src/include/kernel/abi.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
 /** \brief SOF ABI version major, minor and patch numbers */
 #define SOF_ABI_MAJOR 3
-#define SOF_ABI_MINOR 20
-#define SOF_ABI_PATCH 1
+#define SOF_ABI_MINOR 21
+#define SOF_ABI_PATCH 0
 
 /** \brief SOF ABI version number. Format within 32bit word is MMmmmppp */
 #define SOF_ABI_MAJOR_SHIFT	24
diff --git a/src/ipc/ipc3/handler.c b/src/ipc/ipc3/handler.c
index 36c9266f0885..e81dd1188929 100644
--- a/src/ipc/ipc3/handler.c
+++ b/src/ipc/ipc3/handler.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ static int ipc_stream_pcm_params(uint32_t stream)
 	struct sof_ipc_pcm_params pcm_params;
 	struct sof_ipc_pcm_params_reply reply;
 	struct ipc_comp_dev *pcm_dev;
+	struct sof_ipc_stream_posn posn;
 	int err, reset_err;
 
 	/* copy message with ABI safe method */
@@ -299,6 +300,11 @@ static int ipc_stream_pcm_params(uint32_t stream)
 	reply.rhdr.error = 0;
 	reply.comp_id = pcm_params.comp_id;
 	reply.posn_offset = pcm_dev->cd->pipeline->posn_offset;
+
+	/* reset position value before send ipc */
+	memset(&posn, 0, sizeof(posn));
+	mailbox_stream_write(reply.posn_offset, &posn, sizeof(posn));
+
 	mailbox_hostbox_write(0, &reply, sizeof(reply));
 	return 1;