diff --git a/src/ipc/ipc4/handler.c b/src/ipc/ipc4/handler.c
index 1d92879b32d6..00a034fdcf2e 100644
--- a/src/ipc/ipc4/handler.c
+++ b/src/ipc/ipc4/handler.c
@@ -630,6 +630,17 @@ static int ipc4_set_pipeline_state(struct ipc4_message_request *ipc4)
 			ipc_compound_pre_start(state.primary.r.type);
 			ret = ipc4_pipeline_trigger(ppl_icd, cmd, &delayed);
 			ipc_compound_post_start(state.primary.r.type, ret, delayed);
+			if (delayed) {
+				/* To maintain pipeline order for triggers, we must
+				 * do a blocking wait until trigger is processed.
+				 * This will add a max delay of 'ppl_count' LL ticks
+				 * to process the full trigger list.
+				 */
+				if (ipc_wait_for_compound_msg() != 0) {
+					ipc_cmd_err(&ipc_tr, "ipc4: fail with delayed trigger");
+					return IPC4_FAILURE;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (ret != 0)