diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
index 927a7b02123b35d16ad0365c47ac83777288dbc0..f3feed5ce9b65ba67d936a399a4a06f91cf77db7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
@@ -332,12 +332,15 @@ u32 rsnd_get_dalign(struct rsnd_mod *mod, struct rsnd_dai_stream *io)
 static int rsnd_dai_connect(struct rsnd_mod *mod,
 			    struct rsnd_dai_stream *io)
 {
-	struct rsnd_priv *priv = rsnd_mod_to_priv(mod);
-	struct device *dev = rsnd_priv_to_dev(priv);
+	struct rsnd_priv *priv;
+	struct device *dev;
 
 	if (!mod)
 		return -EIO;
 
+	priv = rsnd_mod_to_priv(mod);
+	dev = rsnd_priv_to_dev(priv);
+
 	io->mod[mod->type] = mod;
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "%s[%d] is connected to io (%s)\n",