msg->primary |= SOF_IPC4_MOD_INSTANCE(swidget->instance_id);
 
        ret = iops->set_get_data(sdev, msg, msg->data_size, set);
+       if (!set)
+               goto unlock;
+
+       /* It is a set-data operation, and we have a valid 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, msg, msg->data_size, set);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       goto unlock;
+       }
 
 unlock:
        if (lock)
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       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;
+       }
+
        /* Copy the whole binary data which includes the ABI header and the payload */
-       if (copy_from_user(data, tlvd->tlv, header.length))
+       if (copy_from_user(data, tlvd->tlv, header.length)) {
+               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;
                return -EFAULT;
+       }
 
-       sof_ipc4_set_get_bytes_data(sdev, scontrol, true, true);
-
-       return 0;
+       return sof_ipc4_set_get_bytes_data(sdev, scontrol, true, true);
 }
 
 static int _sof_ipc4_bytes_ext_get(struct snd_sof_control *scontrol,