1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index 56d3575ee6cc..7ae614d27954 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -2258,9 +2258,15 @@ static int patch_generic_hdmi(struct hda_codec *codec)
         /* Try to bind with i915 for Intel HSW+ codecs (if not done yet) */
         if ((codec->core.vendor_id >> 16) == 0x8086 &&
             is_haswell_plus(codec)) {
+#if 0
+                /* on-demand binding leads to an unbalanced refcount when
+                 * both i915 and hda drivers are probed concurrently;
+                 * disabled temporarily for now
+                 */
                 if (!codec->bus->core.audio_component)
                         if (!snd_hdac_i915_init(&codec->bus->core))
                                 spec->i915_bound = true;
+#endif
                 /* use i915 audio component notifier for hotplug */
                 if (codec->bus->core.audio_component)
                         spec->use_acomp_notifier = true;