diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_ipc.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_ipc.c
index 8afa6fe7b0b0..bfc889950bb2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_ipc.c
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ static void process_fw_async_msg(struct intel_sst_drv *sst_drv_ctx,
 				"Period elapsed rcvd for pipe id 0x%x\n",
 				pipe_id);
 			stream = &sst_drv_ctx->streams[str_id];
+			/* If stream is dropped, skip processing this message*/
+			if (stream->status == STREAM_INIT)
+				break;
 			if (stream->period_elapsed)
 				stream->period_elapsed(stream->pcm_substream);
 			if (stream->compr_cb)
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
index adb32fefd693..b1e6b8f34a6a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_pvt.c
@@ -279,17 +279,15 @@ int sst_prepare_and_post_msg(struct intel_sst_drv *sst,
 
 	if (response) {
 		ret = sst_wait_timeout(sst, block);
-		if (ret < 0) {
+		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
-		} else if(block->data) {
-			if (!data)
-				goto out;
-			*data = kzalloc(block->size, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!(*data)) {
+
+		if (data && block->data) {
+			*data = kmemdup(block->data, block->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!*data) {
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto out;
-			} else
-				memcpy(data, (void *) block->data, block->size);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 out: