diff --git a/src/audio/pipeline/pipeline-stream.c b/src/audio/pipeline/pipeline-stream.c
index 7077f5e30251..add2dbd787b6 100644
--- a/src/audio/pipeline/pipeline-stream.c
+++ b/src/audio/pipeline/pipeline-stream.c
@@ -344,7 +344,15 @@ static int pipeline_calc_cps_consumption(struct comp_dev *current,
 
 	if (cd->cpc == 0) {
 		/* Use maximum clock budget, assume 1ms chunk size */
-		ppl_data->kcps[comp_core] = CLK_MAX_CPU_HZ / 1000;
+		uint32_t core_kcps = core_kcps_get(comp_core);
+
+		if (!current->kcps_inc[comp_core]) {
+			current->kcps_inc[comp_core] = core_kcps;
+			ppl_data->kcps[comp_core] = CLK_MAX_CPU_HZ / 1000 - core_kcps;
+		} else {
+			ppl_data->kcps[comp_core] = core_kcps - current->kcps_inc[comp_core];
+			current->kcps_inc[comp_core] = 0;
+		}
 		tr_warn(pipe,
 			"0 CPS requested for module: %#x, core: %d using safe max KCPS: %u",
 			current->ipc_config.id, comp_core, ppl_data->kcps[comp_core]);
@@ -367,6 +375,9 @@ int pipeline_trigger(struct pipeline *p, struct comp_dev *host, int cmd)
 {
 	int ret;
 #if CONFIG_KCPS_DYNAMIC_CLOCK_CONTROL
+/* FIXME: this must be a platform-specific parameter or a Kconfig option */
+#define DSP_MIN_KCPS 50000
+
 	struct pipeline_data data = {
 		.start = p->source_comp,
 		.p = p,
@@ -431,8 +442,15 @@ int pipeline_trigger(struct pipeline *p, struct comp_dev *host, int cmd)
 
 			for (int i = 0; i < arch_num_cpus(); i++) {
 				if (data.kcps[i] > 0) {
+					uint32_t core_kcps = core_kcps_get(i);
+
+					/* Tests showed, that we cannot go below 40000kcps on MTL */
+					if (data.kcps[i] > core_kcps - DSP_MIN_KCPS)
+						data.kcps[i] = core_kcps - DSP_MIN_KCPS;
+
 					core_kcps_adjust(i, -data.kcps[i]);
-					tr_info(pipe, "Sum of KCPS consumption: %d, core: %d", core_kcps_get(i), i);
+					tr_info(pipe, "Sum of KCPS consumption: %d, core: %d",
+						core_kcps, i);
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/component.h b/src/include/sof/audio/component.h
index 47b1eab311f4..1bd3f50bce32 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/component.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/component.h
@@ -628,6 +628,10 @@ struct comp_dev {
 #if CONFIG_PERFORMANCE_COUNTERS
 	struct perf_cnt_data pcd;
 #endif
+
+#if CONFIG_KCPS_DYNAMIC_CLOCK_CONTROL
+	int32_t kcps_inc[CONFIG_CORE_COUNT];
+#endif
 };
 
 /** @}*/
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/pipeline.h b/src/include/sof/audio/pipeline.h
index 0edb3305680c..2410f774f00d 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/pipeline.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/pipeline.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct pipeline_data {
 	int cmd;
 	uint32_t delay_ms;		/* between PRE_{START,RELEASE} and {START,RELEASE} */
 #if CONFIG_KCPS_DYNAMIC_CLOCK_CONTROL
-	uint32_t kcps[CONFIG_CORE_COUNT]; /**< the max count of KCPS */
+	int32_t kcps[CONFIG_CORE_COUNT]; /**< the max count of KCPS */
 #endif
 };