diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-compress.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-compress.c
index 5946777..3951689 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-compress.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-compress.c
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@
 		goto out_ops;
 	}
 	stream->compr_ops = sst->compr_ops;
-
 	stream->id = 0;
+
+	/* Turn on LPE */
+	sst->compr_ops->power(sst->dev, true);
+
 	sst_set_stream_status(stream, SST_PLATFORM_INIT);
 	runtime->private_data = stream;
 	return 0;
@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@
 	int ret_val = 0, str_id;
 
 	stream = cstream->runtime->private_data;
+	/* Turn off LPE */
+	sst->compr_ops->power(sst->dev, false);
+
 	/*need to check*/
 	str_id = stream->id;
 	if (str_id)
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform.h b/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform.h
index d41d1c3..79c8d12 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 	int (*get_codec_caps)(struct snd_compr_codec_caps *codec);
 	int (*set_metadata)(struct device *dev,	unsigned int str_id,
 			struct snd_compr_metadata *mdata);
+	int (*power)(struct device *dev, bool state);
 };
 
 struct sst_ops {