diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
index 031e5272215d..2a4813c6cda9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ static const struct snd_soc_component_driver imx_rpmsg_soc_component = {
 	.pointer	= imx_rpmsg_pcm_pointer,
 	.ack		= imx_rpmsg_pcm_ack,
 	.prepare	= imx_rpmsg_pcm_prepare,
+	.debugfs_prefix	= "rpmsg",
 };
 
 static void imx_rpmsg_pcm_work(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -689,7 +690,6 @@ static void imx_rpmsg_pcm_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 static int imx_rpmsg_pcm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_component *component;
 	struct rpmsg_info *info;
 	int ret, i;
 
@@ -741,16 +741,6 @@ static int imx_rpmsg_pcm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	component = snd_soc_lookup_component(&pdev->dev, NULL);
-	if (!component) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail;
-	}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-	component->debugfs_prefix = "rpmsg";
-#endif
-
 	return 0;
 
 fail: