diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
index 2cb16f895c4607c9d323ea3cbb9d8e31c4741cb1..23086e2c976abf686c62624da2fd00ff59417594 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ static __devinit int wm8940_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, wm8940);
 	wm8940->control_data = i2c;
+	wm8940->control_type = SND_SOC_I2C;
 
 	ret = snd_soc_register_codec(&i2c->dev,
 			&soc_codec_dev_wm8940, &wm8940_dai, 1);
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8955.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8955.c
index 9cbab8e1de0149cd8b2063406ecbae29ca0c78e5..a2ad91d6078a0b2aa4cd730cb0f642faf9e05ad8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8955.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8955.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ static __devinit int wm8955_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, wm8955);
+	wm8955->control_type = SND_SOC_I2C;
 
 	ret = snd_soc_register_codec(&i2c->dev,
 			&soc_codec_dev_wm8955, &wm8955_dai, 1);
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
index 21986c42272f07ac693cd21d15f48cff20c43352..ff6ff2f529d2a97f9e2522ceff5df18355cecd5c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
@@ -1013,6 +1013,7 @@ static __devinit int wm8960_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, wm8960);
+	wm8960->control_type = SND_SOC_I2C;
 	wm8960->control_data = i2c;
 
 	ret = snd_soc_register_codec(&i2c->dev,
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8971.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8971.c
index 63f6dbf5d07021887084e57541591bf1fa570fb3..9f18db6e167c0c86924b08e434d671bea98c8ff1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8971.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8971.c
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ static __devinit int wm8971_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	if (wm8971 == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	wm8971->control_type = SND_SOC_I2C;
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, wm8971);
 
 	ret = snd_soc_register_codec(&i2c->dev,
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9081.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9081.c
index ecc7c37180c7ad2158f11b9de1579bde332cb44d..a486670966bd7e6a44470ece6918fab24c638c2b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9081.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9081.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static __devinit int wm9081_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, wm9081);
+	wm9081->control_type = SND_SOC_I2C;
 	wm9081->control_data = i2c;
 
 	ret = snd_soc_register_codec(&i2c->dev,