diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig b/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
index aab154cbf1a6f7..8db9ce50a29018 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_VERBOSE_IPC
 config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_FORCE_IPC_POSITION
 	bool "SOF force to use IPC for position update on SKL+"
 	depends on SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG
-	default y
+	default n
 	help
 	  This option force to handle stream position update IPCs and run pcm
 	  elapse to inform ALSA about that, on platforms (e.g. Intel SKL+) that