diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
index 53f04d1f3280..76a8e68c1b62 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int imx_rpmsg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	data->dai.ignore_pmdown_time = 1;
 
 	data->dai.cpus->dai_name = pdev->dev.platform_data;
-	cpu_dai = snd_soc_find_dai(data->dai.cpus);
+	cpu_dai = snd_soc_find_dai_with_mutex(data->dai.cpus);
 	if (!cpu_dai) {
 		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
 		goto fail;