diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/core.c b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
index 3e6141d03770fc..577319813b9653 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 #include <trace/events/sof.h>
 
 /* see SOF_DBG_ flags */
-static int sof_core_debug =  IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_ENABLE_FIRMWARE_TRACE);
+static int sof_core_debug =  IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_ENABLE_FIRMWARE_TRACE) |
+				SOF_DBG_SQUELCH_DMA_POSITION_UPDATE_LOGS;
 module_param_named(sof_debug, sof_core_debug, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(sof_debug, "SOF core debug options (0x0 all off)");
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc3.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc3.c
index a7bd55519b1931..44b2261118458e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc3.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc3.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ typedef void (*ipc3_rx_callback)(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, void *msg_buf);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_VERBOSE_IPC)
 static void ipc3_log_header(struct device *dev, u8 *text, u32 cmd)
 {
+	const int flags = SOF_DBG_SQUELCH_DMA_POSITION_UPDATE_LOGS;
 	u8 *str;
 	u8 *str2 = NULL;
 	u32 glb;
@@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ static void ipc3_log_header(struct device *dev, u8 *text, u32 cmd)
 		case SOF_IPC_TRACE_DMA_PARAMS:
 			str2 = "DMA_PARAMS"; break;
 		case SOF_IPC_TRACE_DMA_POSITION:
+			if (sof_debug_check_flag(flags))
+				return;
 			str2 = "DMA_POSITION"; break;
 		case SOF_IPC_TRACE_DMA_PARAMS_EXT:
 			str2 = "DMA_PARAMS_EXT"; break;
@@ -300,7 +303,6 @@ static int ipc3_wait_tx_done(struct snd_sof_ipc *ipc, void *reply_data)
 				"ipc tx error for %#x (msg/reply size: %d/%zu): %d\n",
 				hdr->cmd, hdr->size, msg->reply_size, ret);
 		} else {
-			ipc3_log_header(sdev->dev, "ipc tx succeeded", hdr->cmd);
 			if (msg->reply_size)
 				/* copy the data returned from DSP */
 				memcpy(reply_data, msg->reply_data,
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
index 1d0aeb4a7adc33..e8295bc4712efe 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 #define SOF_DBG_IGNORE_D3_PERSISTENT		BIT(7) /* ignore the DSP D3 persistent capability
 							* and always download firmware upon D3 exit
 							*/
+#define SOF_DBG_SQUELCH_DMA_POSITION_UPDATE_LOGS	BIT(8) /* don't print DMA position updates
+								* in dmesg logs
+								*/
+
 
 /* Flag definitions used for controlling the DSP dump behavior */
 #define SOF_DBG_DUMP_REGS		BIT(0)