diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c
index 939cd44ebc8a..06dc3c48e7e8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ static int mchp_pdmc_chmap_ctl_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	if (!substream)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (!substream->runtime)
+		return 0; /* just for avoiding error from alsactl restore */
+
 	map = mchp_pdmc_chmap_get(substream, info);
 	if (!map)
 		return -EINVAL;