diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index 4499bd948860..95731a08f257 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -890,9 +890,8 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
     enable_msi	- Enable Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) (default = off)
     power_save	- Automatic power-saving timeout (in second, 0 =
 		disable)
-    power_save_controller - Support runtime D3 of HD-audio controller
-		(-1 = on for supported chip (default), false = off,
-		 true = force to on even for unsupported hardware)
+    power_save_controller - Reset HD-audio controller in power-saving mode
+		(default = on)
     align_buffer_size - Force rounding of buffer/period sizes to multiples
     		      of 128 bytes. This is more efficient in terms of memory
 		      access but isn't required by the HDA spec and prevents
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index 418bfc0eb0a3..bcd40ee488e3 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(power_save, "Automatic power-saving timeout "
  * this may give more power-saving, but will take longer time to
  * wake up.
  */
-static int power_save_controller = -1;
-module_param(power_save_controller, bint, 0644);
+static bool power_save_controller = 1;
+module_param(power_save_controller, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(power_save_controller, "Reset controller in power save mode.");
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM */
 
@@ -2931,8 +2931,6 @@ static int azx_runtime_idle(struct device *dev)
 	struct snd_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct azx *chip = card->private_data;
 
-	if (power_save_controller > 0)
-		return 0;
 	if (!power_save_controller ||
 	    !(chip->driver_caps & AZX_DCAPS_PM_RUNTIME))
 		return -EBUSY;