cdata->elems_remaining = 0;
 
        ret = iops->set_get_data(sdev, cdata, cdata->rhdr.hdr.size, set);
+       if (!set)
+               goto unlock;
+
+       /* It is a set-data operation, and we have a backup that we can restore */
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               if (!scontrol->old_ipc_control_data)
+                       goto unlock;
+               /*
+                * Current ipc_control_data is not valid, we use the last known good
+                * configuration
+                */
+               memcpy(scontrol->ipc_control_data, scontrol->old_ipc_control_data,
+                      scontrol->max_size);
+               kfree(scontrol->old_ipc_control_data);
+               scontrol->old_ipc_control_data = NULL;
+               /* Send the last known good configuration to firmware */
+               ret = iops->set_get_data(sdev, cdata, cdata->rhdr.hdr.size, set);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       goto unlock;
+       }
 
 unlock:
        if (lock)
        struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data *cdata = scontrol->ipc_control_data;
        struct snd_soc_component *scomp = scontrol->scomp;
        struct snd_ctl_tlv header;
+       int ret = -EINVAL;
 
        /*
         * The beginning of bytes data contains a header from where
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       if (copy_from_user(cdata->data, tlvd->tlv, header.length))
-               return -EFAULT;
+       if (!scontrol->old_ipc_control_data) {
+               /* Create a backup of the current, valid bytes control */
+               scontrol->old_ipc_control_data = kmemdup(scontrol->ipc_control_data,
+                                                        scontrol->max_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!scontrol->old_ipc_control_data)
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
+       if (copy_from_user(cdata->data, tlvd->tlv, header.length)) {
+               ret = -EFAULT;
+               goto err_restore;
+       }
 
        if (cdata->data->magic != SOF_ABI_MAGIC) {
                dev_err_ratelimited(scomp->dev, "Wrong ABI magic 0x%08x\n", cdata->data->magic);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               goto err_restore;
        }
 
        if (SOF_ABI_VERSION_INCOMPATIBLE(SOF_ABI_VERSION, cdata->data->abi)) {
                dev_err_ratelimited(scomp->dev, "Incompatible ABI version 0x%08x\n",
                                    cdata->data->abi);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               goto err_restore;
        }
 
        /* be->max has been verified to be >= sizeof(struct sof_abi_hdr) */
        if (cdata->data->size > scontrol->max_size - sizeof(struct sof_abi_hdr)) {
                dev_err_ratelimited(scomp->dev, "Mismatch in ABI data size (truncated?)\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
+               goto err_restore;
        }
 
        /* notify DSP of byte control updates */
-       if (pm_runtime_active(scomp->dev))
+       if (pm_runtime_active(scomp->dev)) {
+               /* Actually send the data to the DSP; this is an opportunity to validate the data */
                return sof_ipc3_set_get_kcontrol_data(scontrol, true, true);
+       }
 
        return 0;
+
+err_restore:
+       /* If we have an issue, we restore the old, valid bytes control data */
+       if (scontrol->old_ipc_control_data) {
+               memcpy(cdata->data, scontrol->old_ipc_control_data, scontrol->max_size);
+               kfree(scontrol->old_ipc_control_data);
+               scontrol->old_ipc_control_data = NULL;
+       }
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static int _sof_ipc3_bytes_ext_get(struct snd_sof_control *scontrol,