diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 3fe658eea28b4162cebfef9546d010b509ff8492..6da55a17fcfd4a208323b067e903f35d4a2c363e 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ struct snd_soc_codec_driver {
 	/* codec bias level */
 	int (*set_bias_level)(struct snd_soc_codec *,
 			      enum snd_soc_bias_level level);
+	bool idle_bias_off;
 
 	void (*seq_notifier)(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *,
 			     enum snd_soc_dapm_type, int);
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index ae93aa81244c29d5f7e39c8c6ee94db5289d5e38..f8f985a4f2a81ef0adc41efa75bded772f533dfe 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -956,6 +956,8 @@ static int soc_probe_codec(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 		snd_soc_dapm_new_controls(&codec->dapm, driver->dapm_widgets,
 					  driver->num_dapm_widgets);
 
+	codec->dapm.idle_bias_off = driver->idle_bias_off;
+
 	if (driver->probe) {
 		ret = driver->probe(codec);
 		if (ret < 0) {