diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/openrd-setup.c b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/openrd-setup.c
index c9d77fad10ab..cfcca4174e25 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/openrd-setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/openrd-setup.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void __init openrd_init(void)
 
 	kirkwood_i2c_init();
 
-	if (machine_is_openrd_client()) {
+	if (machine_is_openrd_client() || machine_is_openrd_ultimate()) {
 		i2c_register_board_info(0, i2c_board_info,
 			ARRAY_SIZE(i2c_board_info));
 		kirkwood_audio_init();
diff --git a/sound/soc/kirkwood/Kconfig b/sound/soc/kirkwood/Kconfig
index 54258fd9797f..8f49e165f4d1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/kirkwood/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/kirkwood/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config SND_KIRKWOOD_SOC_I2S
 
 config SND_KIRKWOOD_SOC_OPENRD
 	tristate "SoC Audio support for Kirkwood Openrd Client"
-	depends on SND_KIRKWOOD_SOC && MACH_OPENRD_CLIENT
+	depends on SND_KIRKWOOD_SOC && (MACH_OPENRD_CLIENT || MACH_OPENRD_ULTIMATE)
 	select SND_KIRKWOOD_SOC_I2S
 	select SND_SOC_CS42L51
 	help
diff --git a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-openrd.c b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-openrd.c
index 9d7c81e921f1..d863afb3ee52 100644
--- a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-openrd.c
+++ b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-openrd.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int __init openrd_client_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!machine_is_openrd_client())
+	if (!machine_is_openrd_client() && !machine_is_openrd_ultimate())
 		return 0;
 
 	openrd_client_snd_device = platform_device_alloc("soc-audio", -1);