diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
index d6dc9a7df0f4..dace6c4cd91e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ static int sof_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	/* save pcm hw_params */
 	memcpy(&spcm->params[substream->stream], params, sizeof(*params));
 
-	INIT_WORK(&spcm->stream[substream->stream].period_elapsed_work,
-		  sof_pcm_period_elapsed_work);
-
 	/* clear hw_params_upon_resume flag */
 	spcm->hw_params_upon_resume[substream->stream] = 0;
 
@@ -432,6 +429,9 @@ static int sof_pcm_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "pcm: open stream %d dir %d\n", spcm->pcm.pcm_id,
 		substream->stream);
 
+	INIT_WORK(&spcm->stream[substream->stream].period_elapsed_work,
+		  sof_pcm_period_elapsed_work);
+
 	caps = &spcm->pcm.caps[substream->stream];
 
 	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(sdev->dev);