diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/avs/avs.h b/sound/soc/intel/avs/avs.h
index d12b19a7299b..44b3b87a10b9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/avs/avs.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/avs/avs.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct avs_dev {
 	struct mutex modres_mutex;
 	struct ida ppl_ida;
 	struct list_head fw_list;
+	atomic_t *core_refs;
 
 	struct completion fw_ready;
 };
@@ -94,6 +95,10 @@ int avs_dsp_core_reset(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask, bool reset);
 int avs_dsp_core_stall(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask, bool stall);
 int avs_dsp_core_enable(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask);
 int avs_dsp_core_disable(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask);
+int avs_dsp_enable(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask);
+int avs_dsp_disable(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask);
+int avs_dsp_get_core(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_id);
+int avs_dsp_put_core(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_id);
 
 /* Inter Process Communication */
 
@@ -183,4 +188,13 @@ void avs_module_id_free(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 module_id, u8 instance_id);
 int avs_request_firmware(struct avs_dev *adev, const struct firmware **fw_p, const char *name);
 void avs_release_firmwares(struct avs_dev *adev);
 
+int avs_dsp_init_module(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 module_id, u8 ppl_instance_id,
+			u8 core_id, u8 domain, void *param, u32 param_size,
+			u16 *instance_id);
+void avs_dsp_delete_module(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 module_id, u16 instance_id,
+			   u8 ppl_instance_id, u8 core_id);
+int avs_dsp_create_pipeline(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 req_size, u8 priority,
+			    bool lp, u16 attributes, u8 *instance_id);
+int avs_dsp_delete_pipeline(struct avs_dev *adev, u8 instance_id);
+
 #endif /* __SOUND_SOC_INTEL_AVS_H */
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/avs/dsp.c b/sound/soc/intel/avs/dsp.c
index 258544277bbb..5e6b0ecbd255 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/avs/dsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/avs/dsp.c
@@ -104,4 +104,176 @@ int avs_dsp_core_disable(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask)
 	return avs_dsp_op(adev, power, core_mask, false);
 }
 
+int avs_dsp_enable(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask)
+{
+	u32 mask;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = avs_dsp_core_enable(adev, core_mask);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	mask = core_mask & ~AVS_MAIN_CORE_MASK;
+	if (!mask)
+		/*
+		 * without main core, fw is dead anyway
+		 * so setting D0 for it is futile.
+		 */
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = avs_ipc_set_dx(adev, mask, true);
+	return AVS_IPC_RET(ret);
+}
+
+int avs_dsp_disable(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_mask)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = avs_ipc_set_dx(adev, core_mask, false);
+	if (ret)
+		return AVS_IPC_RET(ret);
+
+	return avs_dsp_core_disable(adev, core_mask);
+}
+
+int avs_dsp_get_core(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_id)
+{
+	atomic_t *ref;
+	u32 mask;
+	int ret;
+
+	mask = BIT_MASK(core_id);
+	if (mask == AVS_MAIN_CORE_MASK)
+		/* nothing to do for main core */
+		return 0;
+	if (core_id >= adev->hw_cfg.dsp_cores) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	ref = &adev->core_refs[core_id];
+	if (atomic_add_return(1, ref) == 1) {
+		ret = avs_dsp_enable(adev, mask);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_enable_dsp;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_enable_dsp:
+	atomic_dec(ref);
+err:
+	dev_err(adev->dev, "get core failed: %d\n", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int avs_dsp_put_core(struct avs_dev *adev, u32 core_id)
+{
+	atomic_t *ref;
+	u32 mask;
+	int ret;
+
+	mask = BIT_MASK(core_id);
+	if (mask == AVS_MAIN_CORE_MASK)
+		/* nothing to do for main core */
+		return 0;
+	if (core_id >= adev->hw_cfg.dsp_cores) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	ref = &adev->core_refs[core_id];
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(ref)) {
+		ret = avs_dsp_disable(adev, mask);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	dev_err(adev->dev, "put core failed: %d\n", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int avs_dsp_init_module(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 module_id, u8 ppl_instance_id,
+			u8 core_id, u8 domain, void *param, u32 param_size,
+			u16 *instance_id)
+{
+	struct avs_module_entry mentry;
+	int ret, id;
+
+	id = avs_module_id_alloc(adev, module_id);
+	if (id < 0)
+		return id;
+
+	ret = avs_get_module_id_entry(adev, module_id, &mentry);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_mod_entry;
+
+	ret = avs_dsp_get_core(adev, core_id);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_mod_entry;
+
+	ret = avs_ipc_init_instance(adev, module_id, id, ppl_instance_id,
+				    core_id, domain, param, param_size);
+	if (ret) {
+		ret = AVS_IPC_RET(ret);
+		goto err_ipc;
+	}
+
+	*instance_id = id;
+	return 0;
+
+err_ipc:
+	avs_dsp_put_core(adev, core_id);
+err_mod_entry:
+	avs_module_id_free(adev, module_id, id);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void avs_dsp_delete_module(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 module_id, u16 instance_id,
+			   u8 ppl_instance_id, u8 core_id)
+{
+	/* Modules not owned by any pipeline need to be freed explicitly. */
+	if (ppl_instance_id == INVALID_PIPELINE_ID)
+		avs_ipc_delete_instance(adev, module_id, instance_id);
+
+	avs_module_id_free(adev, module_id, instance_id);
+
+	avs_dsp_put_core(adev, core_id);
+}
+
+int avs_dsp_create_pipeline(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 req_size, u8 priority,
+			    bool lp, u16 attributes, u8 *instance_id)
+{
+	struct avs_fw_cfg *fw_cfg = &adev->fw_cfg;
+	int ret, id;
+
+	id = ida_alloc_max(&adev->ppl_ida, fw_cfg->max_ppl_count - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (id < 0)
+		return id;
+
+	ret = avs_ipc_create_pipeline(adev, req_size, priority, id, lp,
+				      attributes);
+	if (ret) {
+		ida_free(&adev->ppl_ida, id);
+		return AVS_IPC_RET(ret);
+	}
+
+	*instance_id = id;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int avs_dsp_delete_pipeline(struct avs_dev *adev, u8 instance_id)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = avs_ipc_delete_pipeline(adev, instance_id);
+	if (ret)
+		ret = AVS_IPC_RET(ret);
+
+	ida_free(&adev->ppl_ida, instance_id);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
