diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index 0f70d2d102e0da241e0faee271e82bb9fd1286a1..a4e5e59521157d8598553bc989b5e40e84b19a86 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -2321,8 +2321,7 @@ static void hda_set_power_state(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t fg,
 				 * don't power down the widget if it controls
 				 * eapd and EAPD_BTLENABLE is set.
 				 */
-				pincap = snd_hda_param_read(codec, nid,
-							    AC_PAR_PIN_CAP);
+				pincap = snd_hda_query_pin_caps(codec, nid);
 				if (pincap & AC_PINCAP_EAPD) {
 					int eapd = snd_hda_codec_read(codec,
 						nid, 0,
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c
index b1c180a9e9beb117aaffa5b28a770df60f07e22c..b5e108aa8f635b56df364d240d3fc33187cbe7ac 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c
@@ -2869,8 +2869,7 @@ static hda_nid_t get_unassigned_dac(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid)
 	conn_len = snd_hda_get_connections(codec, nid, conn,
 					   HDA_MAX_CONNECTIONS);
 	for (j = 0; j < conn_len; j++) {
-		wcaps = snd_hda_param_read(codec, conn[j],
-					   AC_PAR_AUDIO_WIDGET_CAP);
+		wcaps = get_wcaps(codec, conn[j]);
 		wtype = (wcaps & AC_WCAP_TYPE) >> AC_WCAP_TYPE_SHIFT;
 		/* we check only analog outputs */
 		if (wtype != AC_WID_AUD_OUT || (wcaps & AC_WCAP_DIGITAL))