diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
index c2c8dcbcf795..9b568f578bcd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ static int simple_dai_link_of(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv,
 	codec_dai		=
 	dai_props->codec_dai	= &priv->dais[li->dais++];
 
+	ret = asoc_simple_parse_daifmt(dev, node, codec,
+				       prefix, &dai_link->dai_fmt);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto dai_link_of_err;
+
 	simple_parse_mclk_fs(top, cpu, codec, dai_props, prefix);
 
 	ret = asoc_simple_parse_cpu(cpu, dai_link, &single_cpu);
@@ -293,11 +298,6 @@ static int simple_dai_link_of(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto dai_link_of_err;
 
-	ret = asoc_simple_parse_daifmt(dev, node, dai_link->codecs->of_node,
-				       prefix, &dai_link->dai_fmt);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto dai_link_of_err;
-
 	ret = asoc_simple_parse_platform(plat, dai_link);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto dai_link_of_err;