diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
index 2770e8179983..25548555d8d7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
@@ -847,6 +847,11 @@ static int create_sdw_dailink(struct device *dev, int *be_index,
 			      cpus + *cpu_id, cpu_dai_num,
 			      codecs, codec_num,
 			      NULL, &sdw_ops);
+		/*
+		 * SoundWire DAILINKs use 'stream' functions and Bank Switch operations
+		 * based on wait_for_completion(), tag them as 'nonatomic'.
+		 */
+		dai_links[*be_index].nonatomic = true;
 
 		ret = set_codec_init_func(link, dai_links + (*be_index)++,
 					  playback, group_id);