return ret;
        }
 
-       sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_PREPARE;
+       sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_PREPARE);
 
        /* check machine info */
        ret = sof_machine_check(sdev);
                goto fw_load_err;
        }
 
-       sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS;
+       sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS);
 
        /*
         * Boot the firmware. The FW boot status will be modified
        snd_sof_remove(sdev);
 
        /* all resources freed, update state to match */
-       sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED;
+       sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED);
        sdev->first_boot = true;
 
        return ret;
 
        sdev->pdata = plat_data;
        sdev->first_boot = true;
-       sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED;
+       sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_PROBES)
        sdev->extractor_stream_tag = SOF_PROBE_INVALID_NODE_ID;
 #endif
 
                if (sdev->fw_state == SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS) {
                        err = sof_ops(sdev)->fw_ready(sdev, cmd);
                        if (err < 0)
-                               sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_READY_FAILED;
+                               sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_READY_FAILED);
                        else
-                               sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE;
+                               sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_COMPLETE);
 
                        /* wake up firmware loader */
                        wake_up(&sdev->boot_wait);
 
                dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: firmware boot failure\n");
                snd_sof_dsp_dbg_dump(sdev, SOF_DBG_DUMP_REGS | SOF_DBG_DUMP_MBOX |
                                     SOF_DBG_DUMP_TEXT | SOF_DBG_DUMP_PCI);
-               sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_FAILED;
+               sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_FAILED);
                return -EIO;
        }
 
 
            old_state == SOF_DSP_PM_D0)
                return 0;
 
-       sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_PREPARE;
+       sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_PREPARE);
 
        /* load the firmware */
        ret = snd_sof_load_firmware(sdev);
                return ret;
        }
 
-       sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS;
+       sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_IN_PROGRESS);
 
        /*
         * Boot the firmware. The FW boot status will be modified
                return ret;
 
        /* reset FW state */
-       sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED;
+       sof_set_fw_state(sdev, SOF_FW_BOOT_NOT_STARTED);
        sdev->enabled_cores_mask = 0;
 
        return ret;
 
 
 extern const struct dsp_arch_ops sof_xtensa_arch_ops;
 
+/*
+ * Firmware state tracking
+ */
+static inline void sof_set_fw_state(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
+                                   enum snd_sof_fw_state new_state)
+{
+       if (sdev->fw_state == new_state)
+               return;
+
+       dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "fw_state change: %d -> %d\n", sdev->fw_state, new_state);
+       sdev->fw_state = new_state;
+}
+
 /*
  * Utilities
  */