diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/core.c b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
index e770ccbe0996..d95026b5f7c6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
@@ -306,6 +306,46 @@ static int sof_machine_check(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ *			FW Boot State Transition Diagram
+ *
+ *    +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ *    |									      |
+ * ------------------	     ------------------				      |
+ * |		    |	     |		      |				      |
+ * |   BOOT_FAILED  |	     |  READY_FAILED  |-------------------------+     |
+ * |		    |	     |	              |				|     |
+ * ------------------	     ------------------				|     |
+ *	^			    ^					|     |
+ *	|			    |					|     |
+ * (FW Boot Timeout)		(FW_READY FAIL)				|     |
+ *	|			    |					|     |
+ *	|			    |					|     |
+ * ------------------		    |		   ------------------	|     |
+ * |		    |		    |		   |		    |	|     |
+ * |   IN_PROGRESS  |---------------+------------->|    COMPLETE    |	|     |
+ * |		    | (FW Boot OK)   (FW_READY OK) |		    |	|     |
+ * ------------------				   ------------------	|     |
+ *	^						|		|     |
+ *	|						|		|     |
+ * (FW Loading OK)			       (System Suspend/Runtime Suspend)
+ *	|						|		|     |
+ *	|						|		|     |
+ * ------------------		------------------	|		|     |
+ * |		    |		|		 |<-----+		|     |
+ * |   PREPARE	    |		|   NOT_STARTED  |<---------------------+     |
+ * |		    |		|		 |<---------------------------+
+ * ------------------		------------------
+ *    |	    ^			    |	   ^
+ *    |	    |			    |	   |
+ *    |	    +-----------------------+	   |
+ *    |		(DSP Probe OK)		   |
+ *    |					   |
+ *    |					   |
+ *    +------------------------------------+
+ *	(System Suspend/Runtime Suspend)
+ */
+
 static int sof_probe_continue(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 {
 	struct snd_sof_pdata *plat_data = sdev->pdata;
@@ -321,6 +361,8 @@ static int sof_probe_continue(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_PREPARE;
+
 	/* check machine info */
 	ret = sof_machine_check(sdev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -360,7 +402,12 @@ static int sof_probe_continue(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 		goto fw_load_err;
 	}
 
-	/* boot the firmware */
+	sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS;
+
+	/*
+	 * Boot the firmware. The FW boot status will be modified
+	 * in snd_sof_run_firmware() depending on the outcome.
+	 */
 	ret = snd_sof_run_firmware(sdev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: failed to boot DSP firmware %d\n",
@@ -479,6 +526,7 @@ int snd_sof_device_probe(struct device *dev, struct snd_sof_pdata *plat_data)
 
 	sdev->pdata = plat_data;
 	sdev->first_boot = true;
+	sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED;
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, sdev);
 
 	/* check all mandatory ops */
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
index bae7ac3581e5..8852184a2569 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ int hda_dsp_cl_boot_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 
 	/* init for booting wait */
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sdev->boot_wait);
-	sdev->boot_complete = false;
 
 	/* prepare DMA for code loader stream */
 	tag = cl_stream_prepare(sdev, 0x40, stripped_firmware.size,
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
index 91bd88fddac7..fb17b87b684b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void hda_dsp_dump_skl(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 flags)
 	panic = snd_sof_dsp_read(sdev, HDA_DSP_BAR,
 				 HDA_ADSP_ERROR_CODE_SKL + 0x4);
 
-	if (sdev->boot_complete) {
+	if (sdev->fw_state == SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE) {
 		hda_dsp_get_registers(sdev, &xoops, &panic_info, stack,
 				      HDA_DSP_STACK_DUMP_SIZE);
 		snd_sof_get_status(sdev, status, panic, &xoops, &panic_info,
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void hda_dsp_dump(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 flags)
 				  HDA_DSP_SRAM_REG_FW_STATUS);
 	panic = snd_sof_dsp_read(sdev, HDA_DSP_BAR, HDA_DSP_SRAM_REG_FW_TRACEP);
 
-	if (sdev->boot_complete) {
+	if (sdev->fw_state == SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE) {
 		hda_dsp_get_registers(sdev, &xoops, &panic_info, stack,
 				      HDA_DSP_STACK_DUMP_SIZE);
 		snd_sof_get_status(sdev, status, panic, &xoops, &panic_info,
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
index 5fdfbaa8c4ed..dfe429f9e33f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
@@ -346,19 +346,12 @@ void snd_sof_ipc_msgs_rx(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 		break;
 	case SOF_IPC_FW_READY:
 		/* check for FW boot completion */
-		if (!sdev->boot_complete) {
+		if (sdev->fw_state == SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS) {
 			err = sof_ops(sdev)->fw_ready(sdev, cmd);
-			if (err < 0) {
-				/*
-				 * this indicates a mismatch in ABI
-				 * between the driver and fw
-				 */
-				dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: ABI mismatch %d\n",
-					err);
-			} else {
-				/* firmware boot completed OK */
-				sdev->boot_complete = true;
-			}
+			if (err < 0)
+				sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_READY_FAILED;
+			else
+				sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE;
 
 			/* wake up firmware loader */
 			wake_up(&sdev->boot_wait);
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
index 432d12bd4937..31847aa3975d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ int snd_sof_run_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	int init_core_mask;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sdev->boot_wait);
-	sdev->boot_complete = false;
 
 	/* create read-only fw_version debugfs to store boot version info */
 	if (sdev->first_boot) {
@@ -544,19 +543,27 @@ int snd_sof_run_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 
 	init_core_mask = ret;
 
-	/* now wait for the DSP to boot */
-	ret = wait_event_timeout(sdev->boot_wait, sdev->boot_complete,
+	/*
+	 * now wait for the DSP to boot. There are 3 possible outcomes:
+	 * 1. Boot wait times out indicating FW boot failure.
+	 * 2. FW boots successfully and fw_ready op succeeds.
+	 * 3. FW boots but fw_ready op fails.
+	 */
+	ret = wait_event_timeout(sdev->boot_wait,
+				 sdev->fw_state > SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS,
 				 msecs_to_jiffies(sdev->boot_timeout));
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: firmware boot failure\n");
 		snd_sof_dsp_dbg_dump(sdev, SOF_DBG_REGS | SOF_DBG_MBOX |
 			SOF_DBG_TEXT | SOF_DBG_PCI);
-		/* after this point FW_READY msg should be ignored */
-		sdev->boot_complete = true;
+		sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_FAILED;
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	dev_info(sdev->dev, "firmware boot complete\n");
+	if (sdev->fw_state == SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE)
+		dev_info(sdev->dev, "firmware boot complete\n");
+	else
+		return -EIO; /* FW boots but fw_ready op failed */
 
 	/* perform post fw run operations */
 	ret = snd_sof_dsp_post_fw_run(sdev);
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/pm.c b/sound/soc/sof/pm.c
index 0fd5567237a8..ff1ff68e8b26 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/pm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/pm.c
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ static int sof_resume(struct device *dev, bool runtime_resume)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_PREPARE;
+
 	/* load the firmware */
 	ret = snd_sof_load_firmware(sdev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -292,7 +294,12 @@ static int sof_resume(struct device *dev, bool runtime_resume)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* boot the firmware */
+	sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS;
+
+	/*
+	 * Boot the firmware. The FW boot status will be modified
+	 * in snd_sof_run_firmware() depending on the outcome.
+	 */
 	ret = snd_sof_run_firmware(sdev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev,
@@ -341,6 +348,9 @@ static int sof_suspend(struct device *dev, bool runtime_suspend)
 	if (!sof_ops(sdev)->suspend)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (sdev->fw_state != SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE)
+		goto power_down;
+
 	/* release trace */
 	snd_sof_release_trace(sdev);
 
@@ -378,6 +388,12 @@ static int sof_suspend(struct device *dev, bool runtime_suspend)
 			 ret);
 	}
 
+power_down:
+
+	/* return if the DSP was not probed successfully */
+	if (sdev->fw_state == SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* power down all DSP cores */
 	if (runtime_suspend)
 		ret = snd_sof_dsp_runtime_suspend(sdev);
@@ -388,6 +404,9 @@ static int sof_suspend(struct device *dev, bool runtime_suspend)
 			"error: failed to power down DSP during suspend %d\n",
 			ret);
 
+	/* reset FW state */
+	sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
index c7c2c70ee4d0..59cc711e99ff 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
@@ -387,6 +387,15 @@ struct snd_sof_dai {
 	struct list_head list;	/* list in sdev dai list */
 };
 
+enum snd_sof_fw_state {
+	SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED = 0,
+	SOF_FW_BOOT_PREPARE,
+	SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS,
+	SOF_FW_BOOT_FAILED,
+	SOF_FW_BOOT_READY_FAILED, /* firmware booted but fw_ready op failed */
+	SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE,
+};
+
 /*
  * SOF Device Level.
  */
@@ -408,7 +417,7 @@ struct snd_sof_dev {
 
 	/* DSP firmware boot */
 	wait_queue_head_t boot_wait;
-	u32 boot_complete;
+	enum snd_sof_fw_state fw_state;
 	u32 first_boot;
 
 	/* work queue in case the probe is implemented in two steps */