diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/adau1701.c b/sound/soc/codecs/adau1701.c
index 2758d5fc60d6555ed2709e43afa25a4fe02865d4..b400afad12e012f8dbaf7a5187d7b6e802f57cf0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/adau1701.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/adau1701.c
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ static int adau1701_probe(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	int ret;
 
 	codec->dapm.idle_bias_off = 1;
+	codec->control_data = to_i2c_client(codec->dev);
 
 	ret = adau1701_load_firmware(codec);
 	if (ret)