diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 3a0031e1f9b4..8ebee30311e3 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -1289,9 +1289,6 @@ void snd_soc_component_async_complete(struct snd_soc_component *component);
 int snd_soc_component_test_bits(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	unsigned int reg, unsigned int mask, unsigned int value);
 
-int snd_soc_component_init_io(struct snd_soc_component *component,
-	struct regmap *regmap);
-
 /* device driver data */
 
 static inline void snd_soc_card_set_drvdata(struct snd_soc_card *card,
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 140f43f91635..96f286643ca1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -4032,8 +4032,23 @@ static int snd_soc_component_initialize(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void snd_soc_component_init_regmap(struct snd_soc_component *component)
+{
+	if (!component->regmap)
+		component->regmap = dev_get_regmap(component->dev, NULL);
+	if (component->regmap) {
+		int val_bytes = regmap_get_val_bytes(component->regmap);
+		/* Errors are legitimate for non-integer byte multiples */
+		if (val_bytes > 0)
+			component->val_bytes = val_bytes;
+	}
+}
+
 static void snd_soc_component_add_unlocked(struct snd_soc_component *component)
 {
+	if (!component->write && !component->read)
+		snd_soc_component_init_regmap(component);
+
 	list_add(&component->list, &component_list);
 }
 
@@ -4371,7 +4386,6 @@ int snd_soc_register_codec(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct snd_soc_codec *codec;
 	struct snd_soc_dai *dai;
-	struct regmap *regmap;
 	int ret, i;
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "codec register %s\n", dev_name(dev));
@@ -4425,23 +4439,8 @@ int snd_soc_register_codec(struct device *dev,
 	codec->component.debugfs_prefix = "codec";
 #endif
 
-	if (!codec->component.write) {
-		if (codec_drv->get_regmap)
-			regmap = codec_drv->get_regmap(dev);
-		else
-			regmap = dev_get_regmap(dev, NULL);
-
-		if (regmap) {
-			ret = snd_soc_component_init_io(&codec->component,
-				regmap);
-			if (ret) {
-				dev_err(codec->dev,
-						"Failed to set cache I/O:%d\n",
-						ret);
-				goto err_cleanup;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	if (codec_drv->get_regmap)
+		codec->component.regmap = codec_drv->get_regmap(dev);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_dai; i++) {
 		fixup_codec_formats(&dai_drv[i].playback);
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-io.c b/sound/soc/soc-io.c
index 7767fbd73eb7..9b3939049cef 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-io.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-io.c
@@ -271,31 +271,3 @@ int snd_soc_platform_write(struct snd_soc_platform *platform,
 	return snd_soc_component_write(&platform->component, reg, val);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_platform_write);
-
-/**
- * snd_soc_component_init_io() - Initialize regmap IO
- *
- * @component: component to initialize
- * @regmap: regmap instance to use for IO operations
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise
- */
-int snd_soc_component_init_io(struct snd_soc_component *component,
-	struct regmap *regmap)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!regmap)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ret = regmap_get_val_bytes(regmap);
-	/* Errors are legitimate for non-integer byte
-	 * multiples */
-	if (ret > 0)
-		component->val_bytes = ret;
-
-	component->regmap = regmap;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_component_init_io);