diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6afe.c b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6afe.c
index f0ff1350e9dd..9ac51c304ead 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6afe.c
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6afe.c
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ struct q6afe {
 	struct q6core_svc_api_info ainfo;
 	struct mutex lock;
 	struct aprv2_ibasic_rsp_result_t result;
+	uint32_t vote_result;
 	wait_queue_head_t wait;
 	struct list_head port_list;
 	spinlock_t port_list_lock;
@@ -1010,13 +1011,14 @@ static int q6afe_callback(struct apr_device *adev, const struct apr_resp_pkt *da
 	const struct aprv2_ibasic_rsp_result_t *res;
 	const struct apr_hdr *hdr = &data->hdr;
 	struct q6afe_port *port;
+	uint32_t *vote_res;
 
 	if (!data->payload_size)
 		return 0;
 
-	res = data->payload;
 	switch (hdr->opcode) {
 	case APR_BASIC_RSP_RESULT: {
+		res = data->payload;
 		if (res->status) {
 			dev_err(afe->dev, "cmd = 0x%x returned error = 0x%x\n",
 				res->opcode, res->status);
@@ -1043,8 +1045,10 @@ static int q6afe_callback(struct apr_device *adev, const struct apr_resp_pkt *da
 	}
 		break;
 	case AFE_CMD_RSP_REMOTE_LPASS_CORE_HW_VOTE_REQUEST:
+		vote_res = data->payload;
 		afe->result.opcode = hdr->opcode;
-		afe->result.status = res->status;
+		afe->result.status = 0;
+		afe->vote_result = *vote_res;
 		wake_up(&afe->wait);
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1955,6 +1959,8 @@ int q6afe_vote_lpass_core_hw(struct device *dev, uint32_t hw_block_id,
 			       AFE_CMD_RSP_REMOTE_LPASS_CORE_HW_VOTE_REQUEST);
 	if (ret)
 		dev_err(afe->dev, "AFE failed to vote (%d)\n", hw_block_id);
+	else
+		*client_handle = afe->vote_result;
 
 	return ret;
 }