diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
index 66023283470f..e0aacccd50c3 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
@@ -1831,6 +1831,11 @@ static int qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_pdr_notify(struct qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl *ctrl,
 			mutex_lock(&ctrl->suspend_resume_lock);
 			mutex_lock(&ctrl->tx_lock);
 			ctrl->state = QCOM_SLIM_NGD_CTRL_SSR_GOING_DOWN;
+			/*
+			 * Mark capability_timeout to false here to handle
+			 * BAM IRQ's from clean state.
+			 */
+			ctrl->capability_timeout = false;
 			SLIM_INFO(ctrl, "SLIM SSR going down\n");
 			pm_runtime_get_noresume(ctrl->ctrl.dev);
 			SLIM_INFO(ctrl, "SLIM %s: PM get_no_resume count:%d\n",