diff --git a/include/sound/hdaudio.h b/include/sound/hdaudio.h
index 6ed2b421e29e..675614dc2b88 100644
--- a/include/sound/hdaudio.h
+++ b/include/sound/hdaudio.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ struct hdac_device {
 	const char *vendor_name;	/* codec vendor name */
 	const char *chip_name;		/* codec chip name */
 
+	/* verb exec op override */
+	int (*exec_verb)(struct hdac_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
+			 unsigned int flags, unsigned int *res);
+
 	/* widgets */
 	unsigned int num_nodes;
 	hda_nid_t start_nid, end_nid;
@@ -82,6 +86,8 @@ int snd_hdac_refresh_widgets(struct hdac_device *codec);
 
 unsigned int snd_hdac_make_cmd(struct hdac_device *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 			       unsigned int verb, unsigned int parm);
+int snd_hdac_exec_verb(struct hdac_device *codec, unsigned int cmd,
+		       unsigned int flags, unsigned int *res);
 int snd_hdac_read(struct hdac_device *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 		  unsigned int verb, unsigned int parm, unsigned int *res);
 int snd_hdac_read_parm(struct hdac_device *codec, hda_nid_t nid, int parm);
diff --git a/sound/hda/hdac_device.c b/sound/hda/hdac_device.c
index 1470ecc354db..aaece36247e7 100644
--- a/sound/hda/hdac_device.c
+++ b/sound/hda/hdac_device.c
@@ -193,6 +193,28 @@ unsigned int snd_hdac_make_cmd(struct hdac_device *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_make_cmd);
 
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_exec_verb - execute an encoded verb
+ * @codec: the codec object
+ * @cmd: encoded verb to execute
+ * @flags: optional flags, pass zero for default
+ * @res: the pointer to store the result, NULL if running async
+ *
+ * Returns zero if successful, or a negative error code.
+ *
+ * This calls the exec_verb op when set in hdac_codec.  If not,
+ * call the default snd_hdac_bus_exec_verb().
+ */
+int snd_hdac_exec_verb(struct hdac_device *codec, unsigned int cmd,
+		       unsigned int flags, unsigned int *res)
+{
+	if (codec->exec_verb)
+		return codec->exec_verb(codec, cmd, flags, res);
+	return snd_hdac_bus_exec_verb(codec->bus, codec->addr, cmd, res);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_exec_verb);
+
+
 /**
  * snd_hdac_read - execute a verb
  * @codec: the codec object
@@ -208,7 +230,7 @@ int snd_hdac_read(struct hdac_device *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 {
 	unsigned int cmd = snd_hdac_make_cmd(codec, nid, verb, parm);
 
-	return snd_hdac_bus_exec_verb(codec->bus, codec->addr, cmd, res);
+	return snd_hdac_exec_verb(codec, cmd, 0, res);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_read);
 
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index b162fc40348f..36483f7dd3ce 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -124,11 +124,12 @@ const char *snd_hda_get_jack_type(u32 cfg)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hda_get_jack_type);
 
 /*
- * Send and receive a verb
+ * Send and receive a verb - passed to exec_verb override for hdac_device
  */
-static int codec_exec_verb(struct hda_codec *codec, unsigned int cmd,
-			   int flags, unsigned int *res)
+static int codec_exec_verb(struct hdac_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
+			   unsigned int flags, unsigned int *res)
 {
+	struct hda_codec *codec = container_of(dev, struct hda_codec, core);
 	struct hda_bus *bus = codec->bus;
 	int err;
 
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ unsigned int snd_hda_codec_read(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 {
 	unsigned int cmd = snd_hdac_make_cmd(&codec->core, nid, verb, parm);
 	unsigned int res;
-	if (codec_exec_verb(codec, cmd, flags, &res))
+	if (snd_hdac_exec_verb(&codec->core, cmd, flags, &res))
 		return -1;
 	return res;
 }
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ int snd_hda_codec_write(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid, int flags,
 			unsigned int verb, unsigned int parm)
 {
 	unsigned int cmd = snd_hdac_make_cmd(&codec->core, nid, verb, parm);
-	return codec_exec_verb(codec, cmd, flags, NULL);
+	return snd_hdac_exec_verb(&codec->core, cmd, flags, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hda_codec_write);
 
@@ -1026,6 +1027,7 @@ int snd_hda_codec_new(struct hda_bus *bus, struct snd_card *card,
 
 	codec->core.dev.release = snd_hda_codec_dev_release;
 	codec->core.type = HDA_DEV_LEGACY;
+	codec->core.exec_verb = codec_exec_verb;
 
 	codec->bus = bus;
 	codec->card = card;