1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index 9c8ac157791f..ff12de474d2c 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ int __devinit snd_hda_codec_new(struct hda_bus *bus, unsigned int codec_addr,
         }
 
         codec->preset = find_codec_preset(codec);
-        if (!*bus->card->mixername)
+        /* audio codec should override the mixer name */
+        if (codec->afg || !*bus->card->mixername)
                 snd_hda_get_codec_name(codec, bus->card->mixername,
                                        sizeof(bus->card->mixername));