diff --git a/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c b/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
index 7fc602e01487d..7e89f547999b2 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,8 @@ void ssam_controller_destroy(struct ssam_controller *ctrl)
 	if (ctrl->state == SSAM_CONTROLLER_UNINITIALIZED)
 		return;
 
-	WARN_ON(ctrl->state != SSAM_CONTROLLER_STOPPED);
+	WARN_ON(ctrl->state != SSAM_CONTROLLER_STOPPED &&
+		ctrl->state != SSAM_CONTROLLER_INITIALIZED);
 
 	/*
 	 * Note: New events could still have been received after the previous