diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/ak4613.c b/sound/soc/codecs/ak4613.c
index 33d2f2e10e24..5013d2ba0c10 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/ak4613.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/ak4613.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static const struct regmap_config ak4613_regmap_cfg = {
 	.max_register		= 0x16,
 	.reg_defaults		= ak4613_reg,
 	.num_reg_defaults	= ARRAY_SIZE(ak4613_reg),
+	.cache_type		= REGCACHE_RBTREE,
 };
 
 static const struct of_device_id ak4613_of_match[] = {