diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
index e3f6a6dc0f368a..1e36cb781095b3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ static int sof_pcm_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 
 	snd_pcm_lib_free_pages(substream);
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&spcm->stream[substream->stream].period_elapsed_work);
-
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -522,6 +520,8 @@ static int sof_pcm_close(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 		 */
 	}
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&spcm->stream[substream->stream].period_elapsed_work);
+
 	return 0;
 }