diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
index 9015ca2024bc..c5b65e4a06be 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
@@ -126,12 +126,8 @@ hda_link_stream_assign(struct hdac_bus *bus,
 	}
 
 	if (res) {
-		/*
-		 * Decouple host and link DMA. The decoupled flag
-		 * is updated in snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple().
-		 */
-		if (!res->decoupled)
-			snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple_locked(bus, res, true);
+		/* Make sure that host and link DMA is decoupled. */
+		snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple_locked(bus, res, true);
 
 		res->link_locked = 1;
 		res->link_substream = substream;
@@ -184,7 +180,6 @@ static int hda_link_dma_params(struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream,
 	struct hdac_ext_link *link;
 	unsigned int format_val;
 
-	snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple(bus, hext_stream, true);
 	snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_reset(hext_stream);
 
 	format_val = snd_hdac_calc_stream_format(params->s_freq, params->ch,