diff --git a/asoc/msm-pcm-hostless.c b/asoc/msm-pcm-hostless.c
index 63c5db85fe42..aaf714bc9907 100644
--- a/asoc/msm-pcm-hostless.c
+++ b/asoc/msm-pcm-hostless.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /* Copyright (c) 2011-2014, 2017-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ static int msm_pcm_hostless_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 		pr_err("%s: invalid params\n", __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	pm_qos_remove_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req);
+	if (pm_qos_request_active(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req))
+		pm_qos_remove_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req);
 	return 0;
 }