diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm5110.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm5110.c
index 0e63d8ce533f608133f4212203f2567fb047a212..ebcbe7831e57bc3881f49c5bbd7e00f3813c9a7c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm5110.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm5110.c
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ static int wm5110_sysclk_ev(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w,
 	case SND_SOC_DAPM_POST_PMU:
 		if (patch)
 			for (i = 0; i < patch_size; i++)
-				regmap_write(regmap, patch[i].reg,
-					     patch[i].def);
+				regmap_write_async(regmap, patch[i].reg,
+						   patch[i].def);
 		break;
 
 	default: