1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index 393a3043a46e..98976c8ed107 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -1264,13 +1264,6 @@ int /*__devinit*/ snd_hda_codec_new(struct hda_bus *bus,
         snd_array_init(&codec->cvt_setups, sizeof(struct hda_cvt_setup), 8);
         snd_array_init(&codec->conn_lists, sizeof(hda_nid_t), 64);
         snd_array_init(&codec->spdif_out, sizeof(struct hda_spdif_out), 16);
-        if (codec->bus->modelname) {
-                codec->modelname = kstrdup(codec->bus->modelname, GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!codec->modelname) {
-                        snd_hda_codec_free(codec);
-                        return -ENODEV;
-                }
-        }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE
         INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&codec->power_work, hda_power_work);
@@ -1281,6 +1274,14 @@ int /*__devinit*/ snd_hda_codec_new(struct hda_bus *bus,
         hda_keep_power_on(codec);
 #endif
 
+        if (codec->bus->modelname) {
+                codec->modelname = kstrdup(codec->bus->modelname, GFP_KERNEL);
+                if (!codec->modelname) {
+                        snd_hda_codec_free(codec);
+                        return -ENODEV;
+                }
+        }
+
         list_add_tail(&codec->list, &bus->codec_list);
         bus->caddr_tbl[codec_addr] = codec;