diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig b/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
index ca3ad3362478..1d4b4dced4b6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
@@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_ENABLE_DEBUGFS_CACHE
 	  Say Y if you want to enable caching the memory windows.
 	  If unsure, select "N".
 
+config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST
+	bool "SOF enable IPC flood test"
+	help
+	  This option enables the IPC flood test which can be used to flood
+	  the DSP with test IPCs and gather stats about response times.
+	  Say Y if you want to enable IPC flood test.
+	  If unsure, select "N".
+
 endif ## SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG
 
 endif ## SND_SOC_SOF_OPTIONS
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/debug.c b/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
index 219c3becf670..54bb53bfc81b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
@@ -17,6 +17,203 @@
 #include "sof-priv.h"
 #include "ops.h"
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST)
+#define MAX_IPC_FLOOD_DURATION_MS 1000
+#define MAX_IPC_FLOOD_COUNT 10000
+#define IPC_FLOOD_TEST_RESULT_LEN 512
+
+static int sof_debug_ipc_flood_test(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
+				    struct snd_sof_dfsentry *dfse,
+				    bool flood_duration_test,
+				    unsigned long ipc_duration_ms,
+				    unsigned long ipc_count)
+{
+	struct sof_ipc_cmd_hdr hdr;
+	struct sof_ipc_reply reply;
+	u64 min_response_time = U64_MAX;
+	ktime_t start, end, test_end;
+	u64 avg_response_time = 0;
+	u64 max_response_time = 0;
+	u64 ipc_response_time;
+	int i = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* configure test IPC */
+	hdr.cmd = SOF_IPC_GLB_TEST_MSG | SOF_IPC_TEST_IPC_FLOOD;
+	hdr.size = sizeof(hdr);
+
+	/* set test end time for duration flood test */
+	if (flood_duration_test)
+		test_end = ktime_get_ns() + ipc_duration_ms * NSEC_PER_MSEC;
+
+	/* send test IPC's */
+	while (1) {
+		start = ktime_get();
+		ret = sof_ipc_tx_message(sdev->ipc, hdr.cmd, &hdr, hdr.size,
+					 &reply, sizeof(reply));
+		end = ktime_get();
+
+		if (ret < 0)
+			break;
+
+		/* compute min and max response times */
+		ipc_response_time = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(end, start));
+		min_response_time = min(min_response_time, ipc_response_time);
+		max_response_time = max(max_response_time, ipc_response_time);
+
+		/* sum up response times */
+		avg_response_time += ipc_response_time;
+		i++;
+
+		/* test complete? */
+		if (flood_duration_test) {
+			if (ktime_to_ns(end) >= test_end)
+				break;
+		} else {
+			if (i == ipc_count)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		dev_err(sdev->dev,
+			"error: ipc flood test failed at %d iterations\n", i);
+
+	/* return if the first IPC fails */
+	if (!i)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* compute average response time */
+	do_div(avg_response_time, i);
+
+	/* clear previous test output */
+	memset(dfse->cache_buf, 0, IPC_FLOOD_TEST_RESULT_LEN);
+
+	if (flood_duration_test) {
+		dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "IPC Flood test duration: %lums\n",
+			ipc_duration_ms);
+		snprintf(dfse->cache_buf, IPC_FLOOD_TEST_RESULT_LEN,
+			 "IPC Flood test duration: %lums\n", ipc_duration_ms);
+	}
+
+	dev_dbg(sdev->dev,
+		"IPC Flood count: %d, Avg response time: %lluns\n",
+		i, avg_response_time);
+	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "Max response time: %lluns\n",
+		max_response_time);
+	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "Min response time: %lluns\n",
+		min_response_time);
+
+	/* format output string */
+	snprintf(dfse->cache_buf + strlen(dfse->cache_buf),
+		 IPC_FLOOD_TEST_RESULT_LEN - strlen(dfse->cache_buf),
+		 "IPC Flood count: %d\nAvg response time: %lluns\n",
+		 i, avg_response_time);
+
+	snprintf(dfse->cache_buf + strlen(dfse->cache_buf),
+		 IPC_FLOOD_TEST_RESULT_LEN - strlen(dfse->cache_buf),
+		 "Max response time: %lluns\nMin response time: %lluns\n",
+		 max_response_time, min_response_time);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
+static ssize_t sof_dfsentry_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+				  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST)
+	struct snd_sof_dfsentry *dfse = file->private_data;
+	struct snd_sof_dev *sdev = dfse->sdev;
+	unsigned long ipc_duration_ms = 0;
+	bool flood_duration_test = false;
+	unsigned long ipc_count = 0;
+	int err;
+#endif
+	size_t size;
+	char *string;
+	int ret;
+
+	string = kzalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!string)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	size = simple_write_to_buffer(string, count, ppos, buffer, count);
+	ret = size;
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST)
+	/*
+	 * write op is only supported for ipc_flood_count or
+	 * ipc_flood_duration_ms debugfs entries atm.
+	 * ipc_flood_count floods the DSP with the number of IPC's specified.
+	 * ipc_duration_ms test floods the DSP for the time specified
+	 * in the debugfs entry.
+	 */
+	if (strcmp(dfse->dfsentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_count") &&
+	    strcmp(dfse->dfsentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_duration_ms"))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!strcmp(dfse->dfsentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_duration_ms"))
+		flood_duration_test = true;
+
+	/* test completion criterion */
+	if (flood_duration_test)
+		ret = kstrtoul(string, 0, &ipc_duration_ms);
+	else
+		ret = kstrtoul(string, 0, &ipc_count);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* limit max duration/ipc count for flood test */
+	if (flood_duration_test) {
+		if (!ipc_duration_ms) {
+			ret = size;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* find the minimum. min() is not used to avoid warnings */
+		if (ipc_duration_ms > MAX_IPC_FLOOD_DURATION_MS)
+			ipc_duration_ms = MAX_IPC_FLOOD_DURATION_MS;
+	} else {
+		if (!ipc_count) {
+			ret = size;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* find the minimum. min() is not used to avoid warnings */
+		if (ipc_count > MAX_IPC_FLOOD_COUNT)
+			ipc_count = MAX_IPC_FLOOD_COUNT;
+	}
+
+	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(sdev->dev);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_err_ratelimited(sdev->dev,
+				    "error: debugfs write failed to resume %d\n",
+				    ret);
+		pm_runtime_put_noidle(sdev->dev);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* flood test */
+	ret = sof_debug_ipc_flood_test(sdev, dfse, flood_duration_test,
+				       ipc_duration_ms, ipc_count);
+
+	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(sdev->dev);
+	err = pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(sdev->dev);
+	if (err < 0)
+		dev_err_ratelimited(sdev->dev,
+				    "error: debugfs write failed to idle %d\n",
+				    err);
+
+	/* return size if test is successful */
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		ret = size;
+out:
+#endif
+	kfree(string);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static ssize_t sof_dfsentry_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -28,6 +225,22 @@ static ssize_t sof_dfsentry_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 	int size;
 	u8 *buf;
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST)
+	if ((!strcmp(dfse->dfsentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_count") ||
+	     !strcmp(dfse->dfsentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_duration_ms")) &&
+	    dfse->cache_buf) {
+		if (*ppos)
+			return 0;
+
+		count = strlen(dfse->cache_buf);
+		size_ret = copy_to_user(buffer, dfse->cache_buf, count);
+		if (size_ret)
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		*ppos += count;
+		return count;
+	}
+#endif
 	size = dfse->size;
 
 	/* validate position & count */
@@ -107,6 +320,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sof_dfs_fops = {
 	.open = simple_open,
 	.read = sof_dfsentry_read,
 	.llseek = default_llseek,
+	.write = sof_dfsentry_write,
 };
 
 /* create FS entry for debug files that can expose DSP memories, registers */
@@ -177,6 +391,17 @@ int snd_sof_debugfs_buf_item(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 	dfse->size = size;
 	dfse->sdev = sdev;
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST)
+	/*
+	 * cache_buf is unused for SOF_DFSENTRY_TYPE_BUF debugfs entries.
+	 * So, use it to save the results of the last IPC flood test.
+	 */
+	dfse->cache_buf = devm_kzalloc(sdev->dev, IPC_FLOOD_TEST_RESULT_LEN,
+				       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dfse->cache_buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+#endif
+
 	dfse->dfsentry = debugfs_create_file(name, mode, sdev->debugfs_root,
 					     dfse, &sof_dfs_fops);
 	if (!dfse->dfsentry) {
@@ -221,6 +446,24 @@ int snd_sof_dbg_init(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 			return err;
 	}
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST)
+	/* create read-write ipc_flood_count debugfs entry */
+	err = snd_sof_debugfs_buf_item(sdev, NULL, 0,
+				       "ipc_flood_count", 0666);
+
+	/* errors are only due to memory allocation, not debugfs */
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	/* create read-write ipc_flood_duration_ms debugfs entry */
+	err = snd_sof_debugfs_buf_item(sdev, NULL, 0,
+				       "ipc_flood_duration_ms", 0666);
+
+	/* errors are only due to memory allocation, not debugfs */
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+#endif
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_sof_dbg_init);
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
index ce22240cd93a..17f3d2a5a701 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 #define SOF_FORMATS (SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S24_LE | \
 	SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_FLOAT)
 
+#define ENABLE_DEBUGFS_CACHEBUF \
+	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_ENABLE_DEBUGFS_CACHE) || \
+	 IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST))
+
 struct snd_sof_dev;
 struct snd_sof_ipc_msg;
 struct snd_sof_ipc;
@@ -226,7 +230,7 @@ struct snd_sof_dfsentry {
 	 * or if it is accessible only when the DSP is in D0.
 	 */
 	enum sof_debugfs_access_type access_type;
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_ENABLE_DEBUGFS_CACHE)
+#if ENABLE_DEBUGFS_CACHEBUF
 	char *cache_buf; /* buffer to cache the contents of debugfs memory */
 #endif
 	struct snd_sof_dev *sdev;