diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index c830e96afba244a0f13fd4194446cadd477afb4f..80ca260595fda358a67e9960398a863e2533d52d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2599,6 +2599,7 @@ int snd_soc_component_initialize(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&component->dai_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&component->dobj_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&component->card_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&component->list);
 	mutex_init(&component->io_mutex);
 
 	component->name = fmt_single_name(dev, &component->id);