diff --git a/audio/resourcemanager_waipio_mtp.xml b/audio/resourcemanager_waipio_mtp.xml
index 6130f16..ec12fa5 100644
--- a/audio/resourcemanager_waipio_mtp.xml
+++ b/audio/resourcemanager_waipio_mtp.xml
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
             <samplerate>48000</samplerate>
             <bit_width>24</bit_width>
             <snd_device_name>speaker</snd_device_name>
-            <speaker_protection_enabled>1</speaker_protection_enabled>
+            <speaker_protection_enabled>0</speaker_protection_enabled>
             <fractional_sr>0</fractional_sr>
             <!-- To enable external EC reference the flag extec_ref_enabled must be added as 1 -->
             <ext_ec_ref_enabled>0</ext_ec_ref_enabled>