diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
index 05b4e971a366..a4518fefad69 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@ static int imx_card_parse_of(struct imx_card_data *data)
 			link->ops = &imx_aif_ops;
 		}
 
+		playback_only = false;
+		capture_only  = false;
 		graph_util_parse_link_direction(np, &playback_only, &capture_only);
 		link->playback_only = playback_only;
 		link->capture_only = capture_only;
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
index 9e5be0eaa77f..89d694c2cbdd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
@@ -1183,9 +1183,9 @@ void graph_util_parse_link_direction(struct device_node *np,
 	bool is_playback_only = of_property_read_bool(np, "playback-only");
 	bool is_capture_only  = of_property_read_bool(np, "capture-only");
 
-	if (np && playback_only)
+	if (playback_only && is_playback_only)
 		*playback_only = is_playback_only;
-	if (np && capture_only)
+	if (capture_only && is_capture_only)
 		*capture_only = is_capture_only;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(graph_util_parse_link_direction);