diff --git a/st_hw_session_lsm.c b/st_hw_session_lsm.c
index d8ac8e4..4ffd9fd 100644
--- a/st_hw_session_lsm.c
+++ b/st_hw_session_lsm.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * This file implements the hw session functionality specific to LSM HW
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2016-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
@@ -2060,6 +2061,7 @@
     while (status && (retry_num < SOUND_TRIGGER_PCM_MAX_RETRY)) {
         usleep(SOUND_TRIGGER_PCM_SLEEP_WAIT);
         retry_num++;
+        pcm_stop(p_lsm_ses->pcm);
         ALOGI("%s: pcm_start retrying..status %d errno %d, retry cnt %d",
               __func__, status, errno, retry_num);
         status = pcm_start(p_lsm_ses->pcm);