diff --git a/hal/audio_extn/soundtrigger.c b/hal/audio_extn/soundtrigger.c
index e01b23b..6496838 100644
--- a/hal/audio_extn/soundtrigger.c
+++ b/hal/audio_extn/soundtrigger.c
@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@
         ALOGE(" %s: Sound trigger is not active", __func__);
         goto exit;
     }
-    if(in->standby)
-        in->standby = false;
 
     pthread_mutex_lock(&st_dev->lock);
     st_info = get_sound_trigger_info(in->capture_handle);
diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.c b/hal/audio_hw.c
index 17f838c..6c0f882 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.c
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.c
@@ -5608,6 +5608,7 @@
     if (!in->standby && in->is_st_session) {
         ALOGD("%s: sound trigger pcm stop lab", __func__);
         audio_extn_sound_trigger_stop_lab(in);
+        adev->num_va_sessions--;
         in->standby = 1;
     }
 
@@ -5640,6 +5641,10 @@
             platform_set_echo_reference(adev, false, AUDIO_DEVICE_NONE);
             status = stop_input_stream(in);
         }
+
+        if (in->source == AUDIO_SOURCE_VOICE_RECOGNITION)
+            adev->num_va_sessions--;
+
         pthread_mutex_unlock(&adev->lock);
     }
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&in->lock);
@@ -5889,6 +5894,10 @@
         ALOGVV(" %s: reading on st session bytes=%zu", __func__, bytes);
         /* Read from sound trigger HAL */
         audio_extn_sound_trigger_read(in, buffer, bytes);
+        if (in->standby) {
+            adev->num_va_sessions++;
+            in->standby = 0;
+        }
         pthread_mutex_unlock(&in->lock);
         return bytes;
     }
@@ -5904,6 +5913,8 @@
             ret = voice_extn_compress_voip_start_input_stream(in);
         else
             ret = start_input_stream(in);
+        if (!ret && in->source == AUDIO_SOURCE_VOICE_RECOGNITION)
+            adev->num_va_sessions++;
         pthread_mutex_unlock(&adev->lock);
         if (ret != 0) {
             goto exit;
@@ -5952,11 +5963,18 @@
     release_in_focus(in);
 
     /*
-     * Instead of writing zeroes here, we could trust the hardware
-     * to always provide zeroes when muted.
+     * Instead of writing zeroes here, we could trust the hardware to always
+     * provide zeroes when muted. This is also muted with voice recognition
+     * usecases so that other clients do not have access to voice recognition
+     * data.
      */
-    if (ret == 0 && voice_get_mic_mute(adev) && !voice_is_in_call_rec_stream(in) &&
-            in->usecase != USECASE_AUDIO_RECORD_AFE_PROXY)
+    if ((ret == 0 && voice_get_mic_mute(adev) &&
+         !voice_is_in_call_rec_stream(in) &&
+         in->usecase != USECASE_AUDIO_RECORD_AFE_PROXY) ||
+        (adev->num_va_sessions &&
+         in->source != AUDIO_SOURCE_VOICE_RECOGNITION &&
+         property_get_bool("persist.vendor.audio.va_concurrency_mute_enabled",
+            false)))
         memset(buffer, 0, bytes);
 
 exit:
diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.h b/hal/audio_hw.h
index 4f93aa9..23306de 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.h
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.h
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@
     bool enable_hfp;
     bool mic_muted;
     bool enable_voicerx;
+    unsigned int num_va_sessions;
 
     int snd_card;
     card_status_t card_status;