diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c b/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c
index 5eeb0fe836a9a98028d3854e9b7679b4d8b3e222..4de1fbfa882782ad605e3d8048308b7b17df6dd5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c
@@ -1854,6 +1854,17 @@ static int hdmi_codec_probe(struct snd_soc_component *component)
 	/* Imp: Store the card pointer in hda_codec */
 	hdmi->card = dapm->card->snd_card;
 
+	/*
+	 * Setup a device_link between card device and HDMI codec device.
+	 * The card device is the consumer and the HDMI codec device is
+	 * the supplier. With this setting, we can make sure that the audio
+	 * domain in display power will be always turned on before operating
+	 * on the HDMI audio codec registers.
+	 * Let's use the flag DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER. This can make
+	 * sure the device link is freed when the machine driver is removed.
+	 */
+	device_link_add(component->card->dev, &hdev->dev, DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE |
+			DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER);
 	/*
 	 * hdac_device core already sets the state to active and calls
 	 * get_noresume. So enable runtime and set the device to suspend.