diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c
index 0db59c3aa5d4dbb6cd2a821d29eaa75887290977..830dfdd66c5f6c3685ca542cb4c28cec1cabf008 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c
@@ -3903,6 +3903,8 @@ static int wm8994_codec_probe(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	snd_soc_codec_set_drvdata(codec, wm8994);
 
+	codec->reg_cache = &wm8994->reg_cache;
+
 	wm8994->pdata = dev_get_platdata(codec->dev->parent);
 	wm8994->codec = codec;