diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
index c8bf812302064c0bffd9c62e65b1ed8e4c5c29e4..4e49c5e277042e2921f288e2d359a93fb50335ee 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
@@ -2521,6 +2521,7 @@ static void parse_digital(struct hda_codec *codec)
 				print_nid_path("digin", path);
 				path->active = true;
 				spec->dig_in_nid = dig_nid;
+				spec->digin_path = snd_hda_get_path_idx(codec, path);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -3788,8 +3789,13 @@ static void init_digital(struct hda_codec *codec)
 				      spec->digout_paths[i]);
 	}
 	pin = spec->autocfg.dig_in_pin;
-	if (pin)
+	if (pin) {
+		struct nid_path *path;
 		snd_hda_set_pin_ctl_cache(codec, pin, PIN_IN);
+		path = snd_hda_get_path_from_idx(codec, spec->digin_path);
+		if (path)
+			snd_hda_activate_path(codec, path, path->active, false);
+	}
 }
 
 /* clear unsol-event tags on unused pins; Conexant codecs seem to leave
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.h b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.h
index 71d409f5de8718ddb3e7e1dcb31a5568cb8e5d05..ba8de12b71252ffc372af69275ae148613cc74d0 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.h
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ struct hda_gen_spec {
 	int speaker_paths[AUTO_CFG_MAX_OUTS];
 	int digout_paths[AUTO_CFG_MAX_OUTS];
 	int loopback_paths[HDA_MAX_NUM_INPUTS];
+	int digin_path;
 
 	/* auto-mic stuff */
 	int am_num_entries;