A method and apparatus for processing an audio processing chip, and an electronic device are provided. A specific implementation of the method includes: controlling the audio processing chip to perform firmware updating, the firmware updating including: updating second firmware stored in a second storage area of the audio processing chip to target firmware, or storing the target firmware to an empty second storage area in the audio processing chip; in response to an abnormality being not present in the firmware updating, determining the target firmware as firmware to be run in the audio processing chip; and in response to an abnormality being present in the firmware updating, determining the first firmware as the firmware to be run in the audio processing chip.