diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-lpass-dais.c b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-lpass-dais.c
index 6511f0a08de1..df09dc2345b5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-lpass-dais.c
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-lpass-dais.c
@@ -207,8 +207,10 @@ static int q6apm_lpass_dai_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct s
 
 	return 0;
 err:
-	q6apm_graph_close(dai_data->graph[dai->id]);
-	dai_data->graph[dai->id] = NULL;
+	if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) {
+		q6apm_graph_close(dai_data->graph[dai->id]);
+		dai_data->graph[dai->id] = NULL;
+	}
 	return rc;
 }