diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/avs/core.c b/sound/soc/intel/avs/core.c
index bbb40339c75f..8a2063958248 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/avs/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/avs/core.c
@@ -191,10 +191,6 @@ static void avs_hda_probe_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	pm_runtime_set_active(bus->dev); /* clear runtime_error flag */
 
-	ret = snd_hdac_i915_init(bus, true);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		dev_info(bus->dev, "i915 init unsuccessful: %d\n", ret);
-
 	snd_hdac_display_power(bus, HDA_CODEC_IDX_CONTROLLER, true);
 	avs_hdac_bus_init_chip(bus, true);
 	avs_hdac_bus_probe_codecs(bus);
@@ -465,10 +461,19 @@ static int avs_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	pci_set_drvdata(pci, bus);
 	device_disable_async_suspend(dev);
 
+	ret = snd_hdac_i915_init(bus, false);
+	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		goto err_i915_init;
+	else if (ret < 0)
+		dev_info(bus->dev, "i915 init unsuccessful: %d\n", ret);
+
 	schedule_work(&adev->probe_work);
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_i915_init:
+	pci_clear_master(pci);
+	pci_set_drvdata(pci, NULL);
 err_acquire_irq:
 	snd_hdac_bus_free_stream_pages(bus);
 	snd_hdac_ext_stream_free_all(bus);