diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/debug.c b/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
index 8d9515a83587df..8db4668601e767 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
@@ -407,6 +407,5 @@ void snd_sof_handle_fw_exception(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	/* dump vital information to the logs */
 	snd_sof_ipc_dump(sdev);
 	snd_sof_dsp_dbg_dump(sdev, SOF_DBG_DUMP_REGS | SOF_DBG_DUMP_MBOX);
-	sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_CRASHED);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_sof_handle_fw_exception);