1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index bac7291b6ff6..c3f6f1e72790 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1449,6 +1449,7 @@ static int soc_post_component_init(struct snd_soc_card *card,
                 rtd = &card->rtd_aux[num];
                 name = aux_dev->name;
         }
+        rtd->card = card;
 
         /* machine controls, routes and widgets are not prefixed */
         temp = codec->name_prefix;
@@ -1471,7 +1472,6 @@ static int soc_post_component_init(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 
         /* register the rtd device */
         rtd->codec = codec;
-        rtd->card = card;
         rtd->dev.parent = card->dev;
         rtd->dev.release = rtd_release;
         rtd->dev.init_name = name;
@@ -1664,9 +1664,6 @@ static int soc_probe_aux_dev(struct snd_soc_card *card, int num)
         goto out;
 
 found:
-        if (!try_module_get(codec->dev->driver->owner))
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         ret = soc_probe_codec(card, codec);
         if (ret < 0)
                 return ret;