diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
index 0b4fcd97c53300ebc30c139b3e1c448e7ea735b4..e79dc162006e83585c8db4f4d9cf2c6449b82d2d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
@@ -1460,6 +1460,27 @@ static int fsl_ssi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		_fsl_ssi_set_dai_fmt(&pdev->dev, ssi_private,
 				     ssi_private->dai_fmt);
 
+	if (fsl_ssi_is_ac97(ssi_private)) {
+		u32 ssi_idx;
+
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "cell-index", &ssi_idx);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot get SSI index property\n");
+			goto error_sound_card;
+		}
+
+		ssi_private->pdev =
+			platform_device_register_data(NULL,
+					"ac97-codec", ssi_idx, NULL, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(ssi_private->pdev)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(ssi_private->pdev);
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+				"failed to register AC97 codec platform: %d\n",
+				ret);
+			goto error_sound_card;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 error_sound_card: