diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
index c41ac30ffc7f11841b6c28478c8ba1d6af3e0689..7b24a2d7293629c4ed425eb292fc3499acb58a6c 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ struct alc_customize_define {
 	unsigned int  platform_type:1;
 	unsigned int  swap:1;
 	unsigned int  override:1;
+	unsigned int  fixup:1; /* Means that this sku is set by driver, not read from hw */
 };
 
 struct alc_spec {
@@ -1464,6 +1465,11 @@ static void alc_init_auto_mic(struct hda_codec *codec)
 	spec->unsol_event = alc_sku_unsol_event;
 }
 
+/* Could be any non-zero and even value. When used as fixup, tells
+ * the driver to ignore any present sku defines.
+ */
+#define ALC_FIXUP_SKU_IGNORE (2)
+
 static int alc_auto_parse_customize_define(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
 	unsigned int ass, tmp, i;
@@ -1472,6 +1478,13 @@ static int alc_auto_parse_customize_define(struct hda_codec *codec)
 
 	spec->cdefine.enable_pcbeep = 1; /* assume always enabled */
 
+	if (spec->cdefine.fixup) {
+		ass = spec->cdefine.sku_cfg;
+		if (ass == ALC_FIXUP_SKU_IGNORE)
+			return -1;
+		goto do_sku;
+	}
+
 	ass = codec->subsystem_id & 0xffff;
 	if (ass != codec->bus->pci->subsystem_device && (ass & 1))
 		goto do_sku;
@@ -1539,6 +1552,13 @@ static int alc_subsystem_id(struct hda_codec *codec,
 	unsigned nid;
 	struct alc_spec *spec = codec->spec;
 
+	if (spec->cdefine.fixup) {
+		ass = spec->cdefine.sku_cfg;
+		if (ass == ALC_FIXUP_SKU_IGNORE)
+			return 0;
+		goto do_sku;
+	}
+
 	ass = codec->subsystem_id & 0xffff;
 	if ((ass != codec->bus->pci->subsystem_device) && (ass & 1))
 		goto do_sku;
@@ -1658,6 +1678,7 @@ struct alc_pincfg {
 };
 
 struct alc_fixup {
+	unsigned int sku;
 	const struct alc_pincfg *pins;
 	const struct hda_verb *verbs;
 };
@@ -1668,12 +1689,22 @@ static void alc_pick_fixup(struct hda_codec *codec,
 			   int pre_init)
 {
 	const struct alc_pincfg *cfg;
+	struct alc_spec *spec;
 
 	quirk = snd_pci_quirk_lookup(codec->bus->pci, quirk);
 	if (!quirk)
 		return;
 	fix += quirk->value;
 	cfg = fix->pins;
+	if (pre_init && fix->sku) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE
+		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "hda_codec: %s: Apply sku override for %s\n",
+			    codec->chip_name, quirk->name);
+#endif
+		spec = codec->spec;
+		spec->cdefine.sku_cfg = fix->sku;
+		spec->cdefine.fixup = 1;
+	}
 	if (pre_init && cfg) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE
 		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "hda_codec: %s: Apply pincfg for %s\n",
@@ -10861,8 +10892,6 @@ static int patch_alc882(struct hda_codec *codec)
 
 	codec->spec = spec;
 
-	alc_auto_parse_customize_define(codec);
-
 	switch (codec->vendor_id) {
 	case 0x10ec0882:
 	case 0x10ec0885:
@@ -10890,6 +10919,8 @@ static int patch_alc882(struct hda_codec *codec)
 	if (board_config == ALC882_AUTO)
 		alc_pick_fixup(codec, alc882_fixup_tbl, alc882_fixups, 1);
 
+	alc_auto_parse_customize_define(codec);
+
 	if (board_config == ALC882_AUTO) {
 		/* automatic parse from the BIOS config */
 		err = alc882_parse_auto_config(codec);