diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 4a9195c5ef2d4a534ff050f6696a99d07cb09ac8..714a70441bf2a5230929ffe4500413c7ea5b0844 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ struct snd_soc_codec {
 	void *control_data; /* codec control (i2c/3wire) data */
 	hw_write_t hw_write;
 	unsigned int (*hw_read)(struct snd_soc_codec *, unsigned int);
+	unsigned int (*read)(struct snd_soc_codec *, unsigned int);
+	int (*write)(struct snd_soc_codec *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 	void *reg_cache;
 	const struct snd_soc_cache_ops *cache_ops;
 	struct mutex cache_rw_mutex;
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-cache.c b/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
index 514398463f7d27ea08fdf367b5d98b32bef359ab..78b25e8c03f6ed20767ab08dfceac7a30bc5f8cb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
@@ -728,8 +728,8 @@ int snd_soc_codec_set_cache_io(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	codec->driver->write = io_types[i].write;
-	codec->driver->read = io_types[i].read;
+	codec->write = io_types[i].write;
+	codec->read = io_types[i].read;
 
 	switch (control) {
 	case SND_SOC_CUSTOM:
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 20dcc978588fcc2273803255b28c859cc983b41b..5720dbcefbc465329fe6a975aa597ca153a1f9f2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ unsigned int snd_soc_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, unsigned int reg)
 {
 	unsigned int ret;
 
-	ret = codec->driver->read(codec, reg);
+	ret = codec->read(codec, reg);
 	dev_dbg(codec->dev, "read %x => %x\n", reg, ret);
 	trace_snd_soc_reg_read(codec, reg, ret);
 
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ unsigned int snd_soc_write(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
 {
 	dev_dbg(codec->dev, "write %x = %x\n", reg, val);
 	trace_snd_soc_reg_write(codec, reg, val);
-	return codec->driver->write(codec, reg, val);
+	return codec->write(codec, reg, val);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_write);
 
@@ -3448,6 +3448,8 @@ int snd_soc_register_codec(struct device *dev,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&codec->dapm.widgets);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&codec->dapm.paths);
+	codec->write = codec_drv->write;
+	codec->read = codec_drv->read;
 	codec->dapm.bias_level = SND_SOC_BIAS_OFF;
 	codec->dapm.dev = dev;
 	codec->dapm.codec = codec;