diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
index 75f6240cf3e1d3..9d8ebb7c6a1060 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
@@ -294,14 +294,9 @@ int hda_cl_copy_fw(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream
 {
 	struct sof_intel_hda_dev *hda = sdev->pdata->hw_pdata;
 	const struct sof_intel_dsp_desc *chip = hda->desc;
-	struct sof_intel_hda_stream *hda_stream;
-	unsigned long time_left;
 	unsigned int reg;
 	int ret, status;
 
-	hda_stream = container_of(hext_stream, struct sof_intel_hda_stream,
-				  hext_stream);
-
 	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "Code loader DMA starting\n");
 
 	ret = hda_cl_trigger(sdev->dev, hext_stream, SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START);
@@ -310,18 +305,6 @@ int hda_cl_copy_fw(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (sdev->pdata->ipc_type == SOF_IPC_TYPE_4) {
-		/* Wait for completion of transfer */
-		time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&hda_stream->ioc,
-							msecs_to_jiffies(HDA_CL_DMA_IOC_TIMEOUT_MS));
-
-		if (!time_left) {
-			dev_err(sdev->dev, "Code loader DMA did not complete\n");
-			return -ETIMEDOUT;
-		}
-		dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "Code loader DMA done\n");
-	}
-
 	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "waiting for FW_ENTERED status\n");
 
 	status = snd_sof_dsp_read_poll_timeout(sdev, HDA_DSP_BAR,