diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
index 08a2c5eb59facde6a32b7b00e2def222f88dd81e..c404a42b670a632b1898c296b9c0aa703dc299c0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/bxt-sst.c
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ int bxt_sst_dsp_init(struct device *dev, void __iomem *mmio_base, int irq,
 	/* set the D0i3 check */
 	skl->ipc.ops.check_dsp_lp_on = skl_ipc_check_D0i0;
 
-	skl->cores.count = 2;
 	skl->boot_complete = false;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&skl->boot_wait);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&skl->d0i3.work, bxt_set_dsp_D0i3);
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
index c5b4e0a9946cd9613480262771df79981d9127ac..7892e445e87b6aa08526beb2b4b13d6cbea13373 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-messages.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static struct skl_dsp_loader_ops bxt_get_loader_ops(void)
 static const struct skl_dsp_ops dsp_ops[] = {
 	{
 		.id = 0x9d70,
+		.num_cores = 2,
 		.loader_ops = skl_get_loader_ops,
 		.init = skl_sst_dsp_init,
 		.init_fw = skl_sst_init_fw,
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ static const struct skl_dsp_ops dsp_ops[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.id = 0x9d71,
+		.num_cores = 2,
 		.loader_ops = skl_get_loader_ops,
 		.init = kbl_sst_dsp_init,
 		.init_fw = skl_sst_init_fw,
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ static const struct skl_dsp_ops dsp_ops[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.id = 0x5a98,
+		.num_cores = 2,
 		.loader_ops = bxt_get_loader_ops,
 		.init = bxt_sst_dsp_init,
 		.init_fw = bxt_sst_init_fw,
@@ -222,6 +225,7 @@ static const struct skl_dsp_ops dsp_ops[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.id = 0x3198,
+		.num_cores = 2,
 		.loader_ops = bxt_get_loader_ops,
 		.init = bxt_sst_dsp_init,
 		.init_fw = bxt_sst_init_fw,
@@ -275,6 +279,8 @@ int skl_init_dsp(struct skl *skl)
 		return ret;
 
 	skl->skl_sst->dsp_ops = ops;
+	skl->skl_sst->cores.count = ops->num_cores;
+
 	dev_dbg(bus->dev, "dsp registration status=%d\n", ret);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst.c
index aba9ea11ac749d7aa285218cc0530fbbd1b34615..fd99e74cda036344d7890ae38a26b1541977e27c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst.c
@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ int skl_sst_dsp_init(struct device *dev, void __iomem *mmio_base, int irq,
 
 	sst->fw_ops = skl_fw_ops;
 
-	skl->cores.count = 2;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skl_sst_dsp_init);
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h
index a6b134b4c037d52bc5fc948b8064c9f2b7f577b3..20017ee4685c2eb90c693c1cf7223cbb8e9ba411 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct skl_machine_pdata {
 
 struct skl_dsp_ops {
 	int id;
+	unsigned int num_cores;
 	struct skl_dsp_loader_ops (*loader_ops)(void);
 	int (*init)(struct device *dev, void __iomem *mmio_base,
 			int irq, const char *fw_name,