diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
index 85deecd82b92..9906b7c1c2e1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ static int sst_platform_pcm_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
 
 	dev_dbg(rtd->dev, "sst_platform_pcm_trigger called\n");
+	if (substream->pcm->internal)
+		return 0;
 	stream = substream->runtime->private_data;
 	str_id = stream->stream_info.str_id;
 	switch (cmd) {