diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 93df8bf9d54a9e1b9502836faec752b4c6aa20b0..75cd19ced804e0dfbe862c05d92f169914d9fd6f 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -1604,6 +1604,10 @@ int snd_soc_of_parse_audio_simple_widgets(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 int snd_soc_of_parse_tdm_slot(struct device_node *np,
 			      unsigned int *slots,
 			      unsigned int *slot_width);
+void snd_soc_of_parse_audio_prefix(struct snd_soc_card *card,
+				   struct snd_soc_codec_conf *codec_conf,
+				   struct device_node *of_node,
+				   const char *propname);
 int snd_soc_of_parse_audio_routing(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 				   const char *propname);
 unsigned int snd_soc_of_parse_daifmt(struct device_node *np,
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 3a4a5c0e3f9737c795f74367b04c9825462651f8..fd15d5418647c44f03bb9e132bad905617aa8bd5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -3303,6 +3303,26 @@ int snd_soc_of_parse_tdm_slot(struct device_node *np,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_of_parse_tdm_slot);
 
+void snd_soc_of_parse_audio_prefix(struct snd_soc_card *card,
+				   struct snd_soc_codec_conf *codec_conf,
+				   struct device_node *of_node,
+				   const char *propname)
+{
+	struct device_node *np = card->dev->of_node;
+	const char *str;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = of_property_read_string(np, propname, &str);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		/* no prefix is not error */
+		return;
+	}
+
+	codec_conf->of_node	= of_node;
+	codec_conf->name_prefix	= str;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_of_parse_audio_prefix);
+
 int snd_soc_of_parse_audio_routing(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 				   const char *propname)
 {