diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c
index cc87dff1eb567feb1c942523d604e14b60b43a37..ed5e45e35963e063fa1249c4a7c8469ba7e4d133 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static int si3054_init(struct hda_codec *codec)
 
 	if((val&SI3054_MEI_READY) != SI3054_MEI_READY) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "si3054: cannot initialize. EXT MID = %04x\n", val);
-		return -EACCES;
+		/* let's pray that this is no fatal error */
+		/* return -EACCES; */
 	}
 
 	SET_REG(codec, SI3054_GPIO_POLARITY, 0xffff);