diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
index 89ee033f0c35..bbb57b9f6e01 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@ static int intel_link_probe(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev,
 	cdns->msg_count = 0;
 
 	bus->link_id = auxdev->id;
+	bus->clk_stop_timeout = 1;
 
 	sdw_cdns_probe(cdns);