diff --git a/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_class_function.c b/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_class_function.c
index c49afa2e626d..c716e28e5ddc 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_class_function.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_class_function.c
@@ -216,9 +216,43 @@ static int class_function_set_jack(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	return sdca_jack_set_jack(core->irq_info, jack);
 }
 
+/*
+ * DT phandle cell is the SDCA entity index (matches dais[].id), not the
+ * positional DAI index the default xlate assumes.
+ */
+static int class_function_of_xlate_dai_name(struct snd_soc_component *component,
+					    const struct of_phandle_args *args,
+					    const char **dai_name)
+{
+	struct class_function_drv *drv = snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(component);
+	struct sdca_function_data *function = drv->function;
+	struct sdca_entity *entity;
+	u32 target;
+
+	if (args->args_count != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	target = args->args[0];
+	if (target >= function->num_entities)
+		goto err;
+
+	entity = &function->entities[target];
+	if ((entity->type != SDCA_ENTITY_TYPE_IT &&
+	     entity->type != SDCA_ENTITY_TYPE_OT) || !entity->iot.is_dataport)
+		goto err;
+
+	*dai_name = entity->label;
+	return 0;
+err:
+	dev_err(component->dev, "xlate: no dataport entity at index %u (num_entities=%d)\n",
+		target, function->num_entities);
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static const struct snd_soc_component_driver class_function_component_drv = {
 	.fixup_controls		= class_function_component_fixup_controls,
 	.remove			= class_function_component_remove,
+	.of_xlate_dai_name	= class_function_of_xlate_dai_name,
 	.endianness		= 1,
 };