diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/cadence_master.c b/drivers/soundwire/cadence_master.c
index 420ad23c5530..c9fdd4deb4f5 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/cadence_master.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/cadence_master.c
@@ -1109,8 +1109,7 @@ int sdw_cdns_init(struct sdw_cdns *cdns)
 
 	/* leave frame delay to hardware default of 0x1F */
 
-	/* Set Max cmd retry to 15 */
-	val |= CDNS_MCP_CONFIG_MCMD_RETRY;
+	/* leave command retry to hardware default of 0 */
 
 	cdns_writel(cdns, CDNS_MCP_CONFIG, val);