diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
index 914b75c23d1b..027259695551 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static int fsl_sai_dai_probe(struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct snd_soc_dai_driver fsl_sai_dai = {
+static struct snd_soc_dai_driver fsl_sai_dai_template = {
 	.probe = fsl_sai_dai_probe,
 	.playback = {
 		.stream_name = "CPU-Playback",
@@ -965,12 +965,15 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	memcpy(&sai->cpu_dai_drv, &fsl_sai_dai_template,
+	       sizeof(fsl_sai_dai_template));
+
 	/* Sync Tx with Rx as default by following old DT binding */
 	sai->synchronous[RX] = true;
 	sai->synchronous[TX] = false;
-	fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_rates = 1;
-	fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_channels = 1;
-	fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_samplebits = 1;
+	sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_rates = 1;
+	sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_channels = 1;
+	sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_samplebits = 1;
 
 	if (of_find_property(np, "fsl,sai-synchronous-rx", NULL) &&
 	    of_find_property(np, "fsl,sai-asynchronous", NULL)) {
@@ -987,9 +990,9 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		/* Discard all settings for asynchronous mode */
 		sai->synchronous[RX] = false;
 		sai->synchronous[TX] = false;
-		fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_rates = 0;
-		fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_channels = 0;
-		fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_samplebits = 0;
+		sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_rates = 0;
+		sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_channels = 0;
+		sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_samplebits = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (of_find_property(np, "fsl,sai-mclk-direction-output", NULL) &&
@@ -1018,7 +1021,7 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_component(&pdev->dev, &fsl_component,
-			&fsl_sai_dai, 1);
+					      &sai->cpu_dai_drv, 1);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_pm_disable;
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h
index 6aba7d28f5f3..677ecfc1ec68 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct fsl_sai {
 	unsigned int bclk_ratio;
 
 	const struct fsl_sai_soc_data *soc_data;
+	struct snd_soc_dai_driver cpu_dai_drv;
 	struct snd_dmaengine_dai_dma_data dma_params_rx;
 	struct snd_dmaengine_dai_dma_data dma_params_tx;
 };