diff --git a/sound/soc/Kconfig b/sound/soc/Kconfig
index 21a5465ceb654f40ae8f3c00c11af47be73b4466..a3efc52a34da28c6742fe688dd413151ff931b3d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/Kconfig
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 menuconfig SND_SOC
 	tristate "ALSA for SoC audio support"
-	select LZO_COMPRESS
-	select LZO_DECOMPRESS
 	select SND_PCM
 	select AC97_BUS if SND_SOC_AC97_BUS
 	select SND_JACK if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND
@@ -22,6 +20,21 @@ menuconfig SND_SOC
 
 if SND_SOC
 
+config SND_SOC_CACHE_LZO
+	bool "Support LZO compression for register caches"
+	select LZO_COMPRESS
+	select LZO_DECOMPRESS
+	---help---
+	   Select this to enable LZO compression for register caches.
+	   This will allow machine or CODEC drivers to compress register
+	   caches in memory, reducing the memory consumption at the
+	   expense of performance.  If this is not present and is used
+	   the system will fall back to uncompressed caches.
+
+	   Usually it is safe to disable this option, where cache
+	   compression in used the rbtree option will typically perform
+	   better.
+
 config SND_SOC_AC97_BUS
 	bool
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-cache.c b/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
index fc80be7dfd6a9682b18ab2e5c869eaacd5e2c605..a9ebc078bea8fc21b56c22599688334e564ff5ae 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ static int snd_soc_rbtree_cache_init(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SND_SOC_CACHE_LZO
 struct snd_soc_lzo_ctx {
 	void *wmem;
 	void *dst;
@@ -1399,6 +1400,7 @@ static int snd_soc_lzo_cache_init(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
+#endif
 
 static int snd_soc_flat_cache_sync(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 {
@@ -1541,6 +1543,7 @@ static const struct snd_soc_cache_ops cache_types[] = {
 		.write = snd_soc_flat_cache_write,
 		.sync = snd_soc_flat_cache_sync
 	},
+#ifdef CONFIG_SND_SOC_CACHE_LZO
 	{
 		.id = SND_SOC_LZO_COMPRESSION,
 		.name = "LZO",
@@ -1550,6 +1553,7 @@ static const struct snd_soc_cache_ops cache_types[] = {
 		.write = snd_soc_lzo_cache_write,
 		.sync = snd_soc_lzo_cache_sync
 	},
+#endif
 	{
 		.id = SND_SOC_RBTREE_COMPRESSION,
 		.name = "rbtree",