diff --git a/sound/aoa/codecs/onyx.c b/sound/aoa/codecs/onyx.c
index 4cedc6950d72ffb79c329612fd91dc0fed465668..f01bffb702bc3d84544b0a29e12a158eb38805d1 100644
--- a/sound/aoa/codecs/onyx.c
+++ b/sound/aoa/codecs/onyx.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static int onyx_init_codec(struct aoa_codec *codec)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if (aoa_snd_device_new(SNDRV_DEV_LOWLEVEL, onyx, &ops)) {
+	if (aoa_snd_device_new(SNDRV_DEV_CODEC, onyx, &ops)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "failed to create onyx snd device!\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
diff --git a/sound/aoa/codecs/tas.c b/sound/aoa/codecs/tas.c
index c491ae0f749ca42578c8fd8faf4f4b43f0fcaf55..cf3c6303b7e3ca8e3dba43f00fb3ce934620ab50 100644
--- a/sound/aoa/codecs/tas.c
+++ b/sound/aoa/codecs/tas.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int tas_init_codec(struct aoa_codec *codec)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if (aoa_snd_device_new(SNDRV_DEV_LOWLEVEL, tas, &ops)) {
+	if (aoa_snd_device_new(SNDRV_DEV_CODEC, tas, &ops)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "failed to create tas snd device!\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
diff --git a/sound/aoa/codecs/toonie.c b/sound/aoa/codecs/toonie.c
index 69d2cb601f2a4daa7d32d6abda14c5095b56de01..7e8c3417cd853999246f3292dd16e395f6e70e6b 100644
--- a/sound/aoa/codecs/toonie.c
+++ b/sound/aoa/codecs/toonie.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int toonie_init_codec(struct aoa_codec *codec)
 	if (toonie->codec.connected != 1)
 		return -ENOTCONN;
 
-	if (aoa_snd_device_new(SNDRV_DEV_LOWLEVEL, toonie, &ops)) {
+	if (aoa_snd_device_new(SNDRV_DEV_CODEC, toonie, &ops)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "failed to create toonie snd device!\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}