diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index e4b4746032ba84550e01b9518af1da8b8c6e358e..3e0070ed68837a1077ac994e21dc50c4c5e77374 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -862,8 +862,6 @@ struct snd_soc_component {
 	/* Don't use these, use snd_soc_component_get_dapm() */
 	struct snd_soc_dapm_context dapm;
 
-	const struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *dapm_widgets;
-	unsigned int num_dapm_widgets;
 	const struct snd_soc_dapm_route *dapm_routes;
 	unsigned int num_dapm_routes;
 	struct snd_soc_codec *codec;
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 1317706f8e69fb5c45c5c9aab69c33f13fb233c4..3a3236dc996d537f97654396a6eaa37497715795 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1451,9 +1451,10 @@ static int soc_probe_component(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 
 	soc_init_component_debugfs(component);
 
-	if (component->dapm_widgets) {
-		ret = snd_soc_dapm_new_controls(dapm, component->dapm_widgets,
-			component->num_dapm_widgets);
+	if (component->driver->dapm_widgets) {
+		ret = snd_soc_dapm_new_controls(dapm,
+					component->driver->dapm_widgets,
+					component->driver->num_dapm_widgets);
 
 		if (ret != 0) {
 			dev_err(component->dev,
@@ -3185,8 +3186,6 @@ static int snd_soc_component_initialize(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	if (driver->stream_event)
 		dapm->stream_event = snd_soc_component_stream_event;
 
-	component->dapm_widgets = driver->dapm_widgets;
-	component->num_dapm_widgets = driver->num_dapm_widgets;
 	component->dapm_routes = driver->dapm_routes;
 	component->num_dapm_routes = driver->num_dapm_routes;