diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c
index dcc4e14b3dde..206bbb5aaab5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ static int mchp_pdmc_chmap_ctl_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	if (!substream)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (!substream->runtime)
+		return 0; /* just for avoiding error from alsactl restore */
+
 	map = mchp_pdmc_chmap_get(substream, info);
 	if (!map)
 		return -EINVAL;