diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
index 6427f0b3a2f1..65c2af3fcaab 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static int cl_stream_prepare(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, unsigned int format,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	hstream = &dsp_stream->hstream;
+	hstream->substream = NULL;
 
 	/* allocate DMA buffer */
 	ret = snd_dma_alloc_pages(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_SG, &pci->dev, size, dmab);