diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index a5d3685a5d38049313391ddb8e174edd9c28a21b..a25fa63ce9a27501a4f2d4a6334911076200532e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -709,6 +709,12 @@ int snd_soc_resume(struct device *dev)
 	struct snd_soc_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int i, ac97_control = 0;
 
+	/* If the initialization of this soc device failed, there is no codec
+	 * associated with it. Just bail out in this case.
+	 */
+	if (list_empty(&card->codec_dev_list))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* AC97 devices might have other drivers hanging off them so
 	 * need to resume immediately.  Other drivers don't have that
 	 * problem and may take a substantial amount of time to resume