diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
index 09423742f2a2..a833057fdbf8 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct simple_util_priv {
 	const struct snd_soc_ops *ops;
 	unsigned int dpcm_selectable:1;
 	unsigned int force_dpcm:1;
+	unsigned int ignore_zero_clk_rate_req:1;
 };
 #define simple_priv_to_card(priv)	(&(priv)->snd_card)
 #define simple_priv_to_props(priv, i)	((priv)->dai_props + (i))
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
index e6af15625308..c48b7210d363 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ void simple_util_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	for_each_prop_dai_cpu(props, i, dai) {
 		struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = snd_soc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, i);
 
-		if (props->mclk_fs && !dai->clk_fixed && !snd_soc_dai_active(cpu_dai))
+		if (!priv->ignore_zero_clk_rate_req && props->mclk_fs && !dai->clk_fixed
+		    && !snd_soc_dai_active(cpu_dai))
 			snd_soc_dai_set_sysclk(cpu_dai,
 					       0, 0, SND_SOC_CLOCK_OUT);
 
@@ -373,7 +374,8 @@ void simple_util_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	for_each_prop_dai_codec(props, i, dai) {
 		struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = snd_soc_rtd_to_codec(rtd, i);
 
-		if (props->mclk_fs && !dai->clk_fixed && !snd_soc_dai_active(codec_dai))
+		if (!priv->ignore_zero_clk_rate_req && props->mclk_fs && !dai->clk_fixed
+		    && !snd_soc_dai_active(codec_dai))
 			snd_soc_dai_set_sysclk(codec_dai,
 					       0, 0, SND_SOC_CLOCK_IN);
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_audio_graph_card.c b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_audio_graph_card.c
index e814cd2b5551..efb0fb64ec3d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_audio_graph_card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_audio_graph_card.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2020-2024 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2020-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 //
 // tegra_audio_graph_card.c - Audio Graph based Tegra Machine Driver
 
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ static int tegra_audio_graph_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!of_property_read_bool(dev->of_node, "nvidia,ahub-c2c-links")) {
 		card->component_chaining = 1;
 		priv->simple.force_dpcm = 1;
+		priv->simple.ignore_zero_clk_rate_req = 1;
 	}
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_component(dev, &tegra_dummy_component,