diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
index e4f6df077d98..0c672fd89652 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2018, 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
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct swr_port {
 enum {
 	WSA881X_DEV_DOWN,
 	WSA881X_DEV_UP,
+	WSA881X_DEV_READY,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ struct wsa881x_priv {
 	int version;
 	struct mutex bg_lock;
 	struct mutex res_lock;
+	struct mutex temp_lock;
 	struct snd_info_entry *entry;
 	struct snd_info_entry *version_entry;
 	int state;
@@ -464,6 +466,17 @@ static const struct file_operations codec_debug_ops = {
 	.read = codec_debug_read,
 };
 
+static void wsa881x_regcache_sync(struct wsa881x_priv *wsa881x)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&wsa881x->res_lock);
+	if (wsa881x->state != WSA881X_DEV_READY) {
+		regcache_mark_dirty(wsa881x->regmap);
+		regcache_sync(wsa881x->regmap);
+		wsa881x->state = WSA881X_DEV_READY;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&wsa881x->res_lock);
+}
+
 static const struct reg_sequence wsa881x_pre_pmu_pa[] = {
 	{WSA881X_SPKR_DRV_GAIN, 0x41, 0},
 	{WSA881X_SPKR_MISC_CTL1, 0x01, 0},
@@ -790,7 +803,9 @@ static int wsa881x_rdac_event(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w,
 
 	switch (event) {
 	case SND_SOC_DAPM_PRE_PMU:
+		mutex_lock(&wsa881x->temp_lock);
 		wsa881x_resource_acquire(codec, ENABLE);
+		mutex_unlock(&wsa881x->temp_lock);
 		wsa881x_boost_ctrl(codec, ENABLE);
 		break;
 	case SND_SOC_DAPM_POST_PMD:
@@ -798,7 +813,9 @@ static int wsa881x_rdac_event(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w,
 					    wsa881x->swr_slave->dev_num,
 					    false);
 		wsa881x_boost_ctrl(codec, DISABLE);
+		mutex_lock(&wsa881x->temp_lock);
 		wsa881x_resource_acquire(codec, DISABLE);
+		mutex_unlock(&wsa881x->temp_lock);
 		break;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -1042,13 +1059,8 @@ static int32_t wsa881x_temp_reg_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_lock(&wsa881x->res_lock);
-	if (!wsa881x->clk_cnt) {
-		regcache_mark_dirty(wsa881x->regmap);
-		regcache_sync(wsa881x->regmap);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&wsa881x->res_lock);
-
+	wsa881x_regcache_sync(wsa881x);
+	mutex_lock(&wsa881x->temp_lock);
 	wsa881x_resource_acquire(codec, ENABLE);
 
 	snd_soc_update_bits(codec, WSA881X_TADC_VALUE_CTL, 0x01, 0x00);
@@ -1061,6 +1073,7 @@ static int32_t wsa881x_temp_reg_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
 	wsa_temp_reg->d2_lsb = snd_soc_read(codec, WSA881X_OTP_REG_4);
 
 	wsa881x_resource_acquire(codec, DISABLE);
+	mutex_unlock(&wsa881x->temp_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1076,7 +1089,6 @@ static int wsa881x_probe(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	dev = wsa881x->swr_slave;
 	wsa881x->codec = codec;
 	mutex_init(&wsa881x->bg_lock);
-	mutex_init(&wsa881x->res_lock);
 	wsa881x_init(codec);
 	snprintf(wsa881x->tz_pdata.name, sizeof(wsa881x->tz_pdata.name),
 		"%s.%x", "wsatz", (u8)dev->addr);
@@ -1098,7 +1110,6 @@ static int wsa881x_remove(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	if (wsa881x->tz_pdata.tz_dev)
 		wsa881x_deinit_thermal(wsa881x->tz_pdata.tz_dev);
 	mutex_destroy(&wsa881x->bg_lock);
-	mutex_destroy(&wsa881x->res_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1224,6 +1235,8 @@ static int wsa881x_swr_probe(struct swr_device *pdev)
 	if (wsa881x->wsa_rst_np)
 		pin_state_current = msm_cdc_pinctrl_get_state(
 						wsa881x->wsa_rst_np);
+	mutex_init(&wsa881x->res_lock);
+	mutex_init(&wsa881x->temp_lock);
 	wsa881x_gpio_ctrl(wsa881x, true);
 	wsa881x->state = WSA881X_DEV_UP;
 
@@ -1303,6 +1316,8 @@ static int wsa881x_swr_remove(struct swr_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_wsa881x_dent);
+	mutex_destroy(&wsa881x->res_lock);
+	mutex_destroy(&wsa881x->temp_lock);
 	snd_soc_unregister_codec(&pdev->dev);
 	if (wsa881x->pd_gpio)
 		gpio_free(wsa881x->pd_gpio);
@@ -1361,6 +1376,11 @@ static int wsa881x_swr_reset(struct swr_device *pdev)
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: wsa881x is NULL\n", __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	if (wsa881x->state == WSA881X_DEV_READY) {
+		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "%s: device already active\n", __func__);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	wsa881x->bg_cnt = 0;
 	wsa881x->clk_cnt = 0;
 	while (swr_get_logical_dev_num(pdev, pdev->addr, &devnum) && retry--) {
@@ -1368,8 +1388,7 @@ static int wsa881x_swr_reset(struct swr_device *pdev)
 		usleep_range(1000, 1100);
 	}
 	pdev->dev_num = devnum;
-	regcache_mark_dirty(wsa881x->regmap);
-	regcache_sync(wsa881x->regmap);
+	wsa881x_regcache_sync(wsa881x);
 	return 0;
 }