diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 714a70441bf2..586bfb99fedb 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ struct snd_soc_codec {
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct list_head card_list;
 	int num_dai;
+	enum snd_soc_compress_type compress_type;
 
 	/* runtime */
 	struct snd_ac97 *ac97;  /* for ad-hoc ac97 devices */
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-cache.c b/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
index 78b25e8c03f6..cb58b11d4f47 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-cache.c
@@ -1550,11 +1550,11 @@ int snd_soc_cache_init(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cache_types); ++i)
-		if (cache_types[i].id == codec->driver->compress_type)
+		if (cache_types[i].id == codec->compress_type)
 			break;
 	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(cache_types)) {
 		dev_err(codec->dev, "Could not match compress type: %d\n",
-			codec->driver->compress_type);
+			codec->compress_type);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 2b1fcae4131e..1fd1d1a62af1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -3450,6 +3450,11 @@ int snd_soc_register_codec(struct device *dev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	if (codec_drv->compress_type)
+		codec->compress_type = codec_drv->compress_type;
+	else
+		codec->compress_type = SND_SOC_FLAT_COMPRESSION;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&codec->dapm.widgets);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&codec->dapm.paths);
 	codec->write = codec_drv->write;