diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 5c3bce83f28ad1be248a35c89d190dcb1504c36e..aaf34d7cd95e98daa69427036f6ddefaba018484 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -639,17 +639,9 @@ struct soc_enum {
 };
 
 /* codec IO */
-static inline unsigned int snd_soc_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
-					unsigned int reg)
-{
-	return codec->driver->read(codec, reg);
-}
-
-static inline unsigned int snd_soc_write(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
-					 unsigned int reg, unsigned int val)
-{
-	return codec->driver->write(codec, reg, val);
-}
+unsigned int snd_soc_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, unsigned int reg);
+unsigned int snd_soc_write(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
+			   unsigned int reg, unsigned int val);
 
 /* device driver data */
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 614a8b30d87bdefdb99414f06d1d74438e60cd18..4360436ef035cb40d6f8702db20f519dc3a59377 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1877,6 +1877,25 @@ void snd_soc_free_ac97_codec(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_free_ac97_codec);
 
+unsigned int snd_soc_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, unsigned int reg)
+{
+	unsigned int ret;
+
+	ret = codec->driver->read(codec, reg);
+	dev_dbg(codec->dev, "read %x => %x\n", reg, ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_read);
+
+unsigned int snd_soc_write(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
+			   unsigned int reg, unsigned int val)
+{
+	dev_dbg(codec->dev, "write %x = %x\n", reg, val);
+	return codec->driver->write(codec, reg, val);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_write);
+
 /**
  * snd_soc_update_bits - update codec register bits
  * @codec: audio codec