diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_client.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_client.c
index 69dda048f2bb..0f86194488c0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_client.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_client.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2012-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2012-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -62,8 +62,16 @@ int ipa3_enable_data_path(u32 clnt_hdl)
 
 	IPADBG("Enabling data path\n");
 	if (IPA_CLIENT_IS_CONS(ep->client)) {
-		memset(&holb_cfg, 0 , sizeof(holb_cfg));
-		holb_cfg.en = IPA_HOLB_TMR_DIS;
+		memset(&holb_cfg, 0, sizeof(holb_cfg));
+		/*
+		 * Set HOLB on USB DPL CONS to avoid IPA stall
+		 * if DPL client is not pulling the data
+		 * on other end from IPA hw.
+		 */
+		if (ep->client == IPA_CLIENT_USB_DPL_CONS)
+			holb_cfg.en = IPA_HOLB_TMR_EN;
+		else
+			holb_cfg.en = IPA_HOLB_TMR_DIS;
 		holb_cfg.tmr_val = 0;
 		res = ipa3_cfg_ep_holb(clnt_hdl, &holb_cfg);
 	}