diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cs4270.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cs4270.c
index 33d74f163bd7..793a14d58667 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/cs4270.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cs4270.c
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ static const struct regmap_config cs4270_regmap = {
 	.reg_defaults =		cs4270_reg_defaults,
 	.num_reg_defaults =	ARRAY_SIZE(cs4270_reg_defaults),
 	.cache_type =		REGCACHE_RBTREE,
+	.write_flag_mask =	CS4270_I2C_INCR,
 
 	.readable_reg =		cs4270_reg_is_readable,
 	.volatile_reg =		cs4270_reg_is_volatile,