diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/stream.c b/drivers/soundwire/stream.c
index 8c6da1739e3d1..136b6850a3f06 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/stream.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/stream.c
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ static int _sdw_prepare_stream(struct sdw_stream_runtime *stream,
 			if (ret < 0) {
 				dev_err(bus->dev, "Compute params failed: %d\n",
 					ret);
-				return ret;
+				goto restore_params;
 			}
 		}