diff --git a/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x-mbhc.c b/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x-mbhc.c
index 6d9f500378..2516943ded 100644
--- a/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x-mbhc.c
+++ b/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x-mbhc.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -956,6 +956,31 @@ void wcd938x_mbhc_hs_detect_exit(struct snd_soc_component *component)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wcd938x_mbhc_hs_detect_exit);
 
+/*
+ * wcd938x_mbhc_ssr_down: stop mbhc during
+ * wcd938x subsystem restart
+ * mbhc: pointer to wcd937x_mbhc structure
+ * component: handle to snd_soc_component *
+ */
+void wcd938x_mbhc_ssr_down(struct wcd938x_mbhc *mbhc,
+			struct snd_soc_component *component)
+{
+	struct wcd_mbhc *wcd_mbhc = NULL;
+
+	if (!mbhc || !component)
+		return;
+
+	wcd_mbhc = &mbhc->wcd_mbhc;
+	if (!wcd_mbhc) {
+		dev_err(component->dev, "%s: wcd_mbhc is NULL\n", __func__);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	wcd938x_mbhc_hs_detect_exit(component);
+	wcd_mbhc_deinit(wcd_mbhc);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(wcd938x_mbhc_ssr_down);
+
 /*
  * wcd938x_mbhc_post_ssr_init: initialize mbhc for
  * wcd938x post subsystem restart
@@ -979,7 +1004,6 @@ int wcd938x_mbhc_post_ssr_init(struct wcd938x_mbhc *mbhc,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	wcd_mbhc_deinit(wcd_mbhc);
 	ret = wcd_mbhc_init(wcd_mbhc, component, &mbhc_cb, &intr_ids,
 			    wcd_mbhc_registers, WCD938X_ZDET_SUPPORTED);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x-mbhc.h b/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x-mbhc.h
index cf4c60e0ae..e33a92c20e 100644
--- a/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x-mbhc.h
+++ b/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x-mbhc.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 #ifndef __WCD938X_MBHC_H__
 #define __WCD938X_MBHC_H__
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ extern void wcd938x_mbhc_hs_detect_exit(struct snd_soc_component *component);
 extern int wcd938x_mbhc_hs_detect(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 				struct wcd_mbhc_config *mbhc_cfg);
 extern void wcd938x_mbhc_deinit(struct snd_soc_component *component);
+extern void wcd938x_mbhc_ssr_down(struct wcd938x_mbhc *mbhc,
+				struct snd_soc_component *component);
 extern int wcd938x_mbhc_post_ssr_init(struct wcd938x_mbhc *mbhc,
 				    struct snd_soc_component *component);
 extern int wcd938x_mbhc_get_impedance(struct wcd938x_mbhc *wcd938x_mbhc,
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@ static inline int wcd938x_mbhc_hs_detect(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 static inline void wcd938x_mbhc_deinit(struct snd_soc_component *component)
 {
 }
+static inline void wcd938x_mbhc_ssr_down(struct wcd938x_mbhc *mbhc,
+					struct snd_soc_component *component)
+{
+}
 static inline int wcd938x_mbhc_post_ssr_init(struct wcd938x_mbhc *mbhc,
 					   struct snd_soc_component *component)
 {
diff --git a/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x.c b/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x.c
index 882feff26b..4e8ab32e9e 100644
--- a/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x.c
+++ b/asoc/codecs/wcd938x/wcd938x.c
@@ -1516,6 +1516,8 @@ static int wcd938x_event_notify(struct notifier_block *block,
 					0x80, 0x00);
 		break;
 	case BOLERO_WCD_EVT_SSR_DOWN:
+		mbhc = &wcd938x->mbhc->wcd_mbhc;
+		wcd938x_mbhc_ssr_down(wcd938x->mbhc, component);
 		wcd938x_reset_low(wcd938x->dev);
 		break;
 	case BOLERO_WCD_EVT_SSR_UP: