diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
index 658cd8966c9a..b5cbc8b5c0ee 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
@@ -347,12 +347,9 @@ static int sof_pcm_trigger(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 		snd_sof_pcm_platform_trigger(sdev, substream, cmd);
 
 	/* free PCM if reset_hw_params is set and the STOP IPC is successful */
-	if (!ret && reset_hw_params) {
+	if (!ret && reset_hw_params)
 		ret = sof_pcm_stream_free(sdev, substream, spcm, substream->stream,
 					  free_widget_list);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
-	}
 
 	return ret;
 }