diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index c2c65f63bf068a0d39fbfd271be81d74c22d0459..0ae6eb20b13bfe89df034e6b4820740910deb1ce 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -1759,7 +1759,11 @@ static void put_vol_mute(struct hda_codec *codec, struct hda_amp_info *info,
 	parm = ch ? AC_AMP_SET_RIGHT : AC_AMP_SET_LEFT;
 	parm |= direction == HDA_OUTPUT ? AC_AMP_SET_OUTPUT : AC_AMP_SET_INPUT;
 	parm |= index << AC_AMP_SET_INDEX_SHIFT;
-	parm |= val;
+	if ((val & HDA_AMP_MUTE) && !(info->amp_caps & AC_AMPCAP_MUTE) &&
+	    (info->amp_caps & AC_AMPCAP_MIN_MUTE))
+		; /* set the zero value as a fake mute */
+	else
+		parm |= val;
 	snd_hda_codec_write(codec, nid, 0, AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, parm);
 	info->vol[ch] = val;
 }
@@ -2026,7 +2030,7 @@ int snd_hda_mixer_amp_tlv(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, int op_flag,
 	val1 = -((caps & AC_AMPCAP_OFFSET) >> AC_AMPCAP_OFFSET_SHIFT);
 	val1 += ofs;
 	val1 = ((int)val1) * ((int)val2);
-	if (min_mute)
+	if (min_mute || (caps & AC_AMPCAP_MIN_MUTE))
 		val2 |= TLV_DB_SCALE_MUTE;
 	if (put_user(SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_SCALE, _tlv))
 		return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.h b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.h
index e9f71dc0d46415587f7461678d5ae6051aa9b289..f0f1943a4b2c890ce4affe17425de6210e53ea89 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.h
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.h
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ enum {
 #define AC_AMPCAP_MUTE			(1<<31)    /* mute capable */
 #define AC_AMPCAP_MUTE_SHIFT		31
 
+/* driver-specific amp-caps: using bits 24-30 */
+#define AC_AMPCAP_MIN_MUTE		(1 << 30) /* min-volume = mute */
+
 /* Connection list */
 #define AC_CLIST_LENGTH			(0x7f<<0)
 #define AC_CLIST_LONG			(1<<7)
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_conexant.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_conexant.c
index a7a5733aa4d20d2ea25edf104e4568b4e42cab3d..ca117cf5132f7ac784d50c3194777382dfbf0734 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_conexant.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_conexant.c
@@ -4079,7 +4079,8 @@ static int cx_auto_add_volume_idx(struct hda_codec *codec, const char *basename,
 		err = snd_hda_ctl_add(codec, nid, kctl);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
-		if (!(query_amp_caps(codec, nid, hda_dir) & AC_AMPCAP_MUTE))
+		if (!(query_amp_caps(codec, nid, hda_dir) &
+		      (AC_AMPCAP_MUTE | AC_AMPCAP_MIN_MUTE)))
 			break;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -4379,6 +4380,22 @@ static const struct snd_pci_quirk cxt_fixups[] = {
 	{}
 };
 
+/* add "fake" mute amp-caps to DACs on cx5051 so that mixer mute switches
+ * can be created (bko#42825)
+ */
+static void add_cx5051_fake_mutes(struct hda_codec *codec)
+{
+	static hda_nid_t out_nids[] = {
+		0x10, 0x11, 0
+	};
+	hda_nid_t *p;
+
+	for (p = out_nids; *p; p++)
+		snd_hda_override_amp_caps(codec, *p, HDA_OUTPUT,
+					  AC_AMPCAP_MIN_MUTE |
+					  query_amp_caps(codec, *p, HDA_OUTPUT));
+}
+
 static int patch_conexant_auto(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
 	struct conexant_spec *spec;
@@ -4397,6 +4414,9 @@ static int patch_conexant_auto(struct hda_codec *codec)
 	case 0x14f15045:
 		spec->single_adc_amp = 1;
 		break;
+	case 0x14f15051:
+		add_cx5051_fake_mutes(codec);
+		break;
 	}
 
 	apply_pin_fixup(codec, cxt_fixups, cxt_pincfg_tbl);