diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c
index 0d33e3079f0d..ef61cb709acd 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ int qcom_q6v5_request_stop(struct qcom_q6v5 *q6v5)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	q6v5->running = false;
+
 	qcom_smem_state_update_bits(q6v5->state,
 				    BIT(q6v5->stop_bit), BIT(q6v5->stop_bit));