diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
index 245009809894b..d5ca5b1fefe67 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai.c
@@ -176,40 +176,28 @@ static int hda_dai_widget_update(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w,
 	return hda_ctrl_dai_widget_free(w, SOF_DAI_CONFIG_FLAGS_NONE, &data);
 }
 
-static int hda_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-			     struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
-			     struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+static int hda_link_dma_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+				  struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params)
 {
 	struct hdac_stream *hstream = substream->runtime->private_data;
-	struct hdac_bus *bus = hstream->bus;
 	struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream;
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = asoc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
+	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = asoc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, 0);
 	struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = asoc_rtd_to_codec(rtd, 0);
 	struct hda_pipe_params p_params = {0};
-	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w;
+	struct hdac_bus *bus = hstream->bus;
 	struct hdac_ext_link *link;
-	int stream_tag;
-	int ret;
 
 	/* get stored dma data if resuming from system suspend */
-	hext_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(dai, substream);
+	hext_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream);
 	if (!hext_stream) {
 		hext_stream = hda_link_stream_assign(bus, substream);
 		if (!hext_stream)
 			return -EBUSY;
 
-		snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(dai, substream, (void *)hext_stream);
+		snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream, (void *)hext_stream);
 	}
 
-	stream_tag = hdac_stream(hext_stream)->stream_tag;
-
-	w = snd_soc_dai_get_widget(dai, substream->stream);
-
-	/* set up the DAI widget and send the DAI_CONFIG with the new tag */
-	ret = hda_dai_widget_update(w, stream_tag - 1, true);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
 	link = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(bus, codec_dai->component->name);
 	if (!link)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -232,23 +220,45 @@ static int hda_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	return hda_link_dma_params(hext_stream, &p_params);
 }
 
-static int hda_dai_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-			   struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+static int hda_dai_hw_params_update(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+				    struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
+				    struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
-	struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream =
-				snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(dai, substream);
-	struct snd_sof_dev *sdev =
-				snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(dai->component);
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = asoc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
-	int stream = substream->stream;
+	struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream;
+	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w;
+	int stream_tag;
 
-	if (hext_stream->link_prepared)
-		return 0;
+	hext_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(dai, substream);
+	if (!hext_stream)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	stream_tag = hdac_stream(hext_stream)->stream_tag;
 
-	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "hda: prepare stream dir %d\n", substream->stream);
+	w = snd_soc_dai_get_widget(dai, substream->stream);
 
-	return hda_dai_hw_params(substream, &rtd->dpcm[stream].hw_params,
-				  dai);
+	/* set up the DAI widget and send the DAI_CONFIG with the new tag */
+	return hda_dai_widget_update(w, stream_tag - 1, true);
+}
+
+static int hda_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+			     struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
+			     struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = hda_link_dma_hw_params(substream, params);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return hda_dai_hw_params_update(substream, params, dai);
+}
+
+static int hda_link_dma_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = asoc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
+	int stream = substream->stream;
+
+	return hda_link_dma_hw_params(substream, &rtd->dpcm[stream].hw_params);
 }
 
 static int hda_dai_config_pause_push_ipc(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w)
@@ -269,31 +279,44 @@ static int hda_dai_config_pause_push_ipc(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ipc3_hda_dai_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-				int cmd, struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+static int ipc3_hda_dai_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+				struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
 	struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream =
 				snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(dai, substream);
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd;
-	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w;
-	struct hdac_ext_link *link;
-	struct hdac_stream *hstream;
-	struct hdac_bus *bus;
-	int stream_tag;
+	struct snd_sof_dev *sdev = snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(dai->component);
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = asoc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
+	int stream = substream->stream;
 	int ret;
 
-	hstream = substream->runtime->private_data;
-	bus = hstream->bus;
-	rtd = asoc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
+	if (hext_stream->link_prepared)
+		return 0;
 
-	link = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(bus, asoc_rtd_to_codec(rtd, 0)->component->name);
-	if (!link)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "%s: prepare stream dir %d\n", __func__, substream->stream);
 
-	dev_dbg(dai->dev, "In %s cmd=%d\n", __func__, cmd);
+	ret = hda_link_dma_prepare(substream);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
-	w = snd_soc_dai_get_widget(dai, substream->stream);
+	return hda_dai_hw_params_update(substream, &rtd->dpcm[stream].hw_params, dai);
+}
+
+static int hda_link_dma_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd)
+{
+	struct hdac_stream *hstream = substream->runtime->private_data;
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = asoc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
+	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = asoc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, 0);
+	struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = asoc_rtd_to_codec(rtd, 0);
+	struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream);
+	struct hdac_ext_link *link;
+	struct hdac_bus *bus = hstream->bus;
+	int stream_tag;
+
+	link = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(bus, codec_dai->component->name);
+	if (!link)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
+	dev_dbg(cpu_dai->dev, "%s: cmd=%d\n", __func__, cmd);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START:
 	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_RELEASE:
@@ -303,13 +326,6 @@ static int ipc3_hda_dai_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP:
 		snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_clear(hext_stream);
 
-		/*
-		 * free DAI widget during stop/suspend to keep widget use_count's balanced.
-		 */
-		ret = hda_dai_widget_update(w, DMA_CHAN_INVALID, false);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
-
 		if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) {
 			stream_tag = hdac_stream(hext_stream)->stream_tag;
 			snd_hdac_ext_link_clear_stream_id(link, stream_tag);
@@ -320,50 +336,69 @@ static int ipc3_hda_dai_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_PUSH:
 		snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_clear(hext_stream);
 
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ipc3_hda_dai_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+				int cmd, struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = hda_link_dma_trigger(substream, cmd);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	w = snd_soc_dai_get_widget(dai, substream->stream);
+
+	dev_dbg(dai->dev, "%s: cmd=%d\n", __func__, cmd);
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_SUSPEND:
+	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP:
+		/*
+		 * free DAI widget during stop/suspend to keep widget use_count's balanced.
+		 */
+		ret = hda_dai_widget_update(w, DMA_CHAN_INVALID, false);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		break;
+	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_PUSH:
 		ret = hda_dai_config_pause_push_ipc(w);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		break;
+
 	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
+		break;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int hda_dai_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-			   struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+static int hda_link_dma_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
-	unsigned int stream_tag;
+	struct hdac_stream *hstream = substream->runtime->private_data;
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = asoc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
+	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = asoc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, 0);
+	struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = asoc_rtd_to_codec(rtd, 0);
 	struct sof_intel_hda_stream *hda_stream;
-	struct hdac_bus *bus;
-	struct hdac_ext_link *link;
-	struct hdac_stream *hstream;
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd;
+	struct hdac_bus *bus = hstream->bus;
 	struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream;
-	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w;
-	int ret;
-
-	hstream = substream->runtime->private_data;
-	bus = hstream->bus;
-	rtd = asoc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
-	hext_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(dai, substream);
+	struct hdac_ext_link *link;
+	int stream_tag;
 
+	hext_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream);
 	if (!hext_stream) {
-		dev_dbg(dai->dev,
+		dev_dbg(cpu_dai->dev,
 			"%s: hext_stream is not assigned\n", __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	hda_stream = hstream_to_sof_hda_stream(hext_stream);
-
-	w = snd_soc_dai_get_widget(dai, substream->stream);
-
-	/* free the link DMA channel in the FW and the DAI widget */
-	ret = hda_dai_widget_update(w, DMA_CHAN_INVALID, false);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	link = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(bus, asoc_rtd_to_codec(rtd, 0)->component->name);
+	link = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(bus, codec_dai->component->name);
 	if (!link)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -372,21 +407,42 @@ static int hda_dai_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		snd_hdac_ext_link_clear_stream_id(link, stream_tag);
 	}
 
-	snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(dai, substream, NULL);
+	snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream, NULL);
 	snd_hdac_ext_stream_release(hext_stream, HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_LINK);
 	hext_stream->link_prepared = 0;
 
 	/* free the host DMA channel reserved by hostless streams */
+	hda_stream = hstream_to_sof_hda_stream(hext_stream);
 	hda_stream->host_reserved = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int hda_dai_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+			   struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = hda_link_dma_hw_free(substream);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	w = snd_soc_dai_get_widget(dai, substream->stream);
+
+	/* free the link DMA channel in the FW and the DAI widget */
+	ret = hda_dai_widget_update(w, DMA_CHAN_INVALID, false);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct snd_soc_dai_ops ipc3_hda_dai_ops = {
 	.hw_params = hda_dai_hw_params,
 	.hw_free = hda_dai_hw_free,
 	.trigger = ipc3_hda_dai_trigger,
-	.prepare = hda_dai_prepare,
+	.prepare = ipc3_hda_dai_prepare,
 };
 
 #endif
