diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
index da3e1ed29b3cc934c7a17d16372f762666a1428a..bccb62a643ca8680207f3f758e3001ab7e450fb9 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int add_new_node(struct hda_codec *codec, struct hda_gspec *spec, hda_nid
 	node->nid = nid;
 	node->wid_caps = get_wcaps(codec, nid);
 	node->type = (node->wid_caps & AC_WCAP_TYPE) >> AC_WCAP_TYPE_SHIFT;
-	if (node->type <= AC_WID_BEEP || node->type == AC_WID_VENDOR) {
+	if (node->wid_caps & AC_WCAP_CONN_LIST) {
 		nconns = snd_hda_get_connections(codec, nid, conn_list,
 						 HDA_MAX_CONNECTIONS);
 		if (nconns < 0) {