diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index f264c6509f00..6d2662c3126c 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@ struct snd_soc_card {
 	const struct snd_soc_dapm_route *of_dapm_routes;
 	int num_of_dapm_routes;
 	bool fully_routed;
+	bool disable_route_checks;
 
 	/* lists of probed devices belonging to this card */
 	struct list_head component_dev_list;
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 9d3b546bae7b..0215e2c94bf0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1076,8 +1076,18 @@ static int soc_probe_component(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 	ret = snd_soc_dapm_add_routes(dapm,
 				      component->driver->dapm_routes,
 				      component->driver->num_dapm_routes);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err_probe;
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (card->disable_route_checks) {
+			dev_info(card->dev,
+				 "%s: disable_route_checks set, ignoring errors on add_routes\n",
+				 __func__);
+		} else {
+			dev_err(card->dev,
+				"%s: snd_soc_dapm_add_routes failed: %d\n",
+				__func__, ret);
+			goto err_probe;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* see for_each_card_components */
 	list_add(&component->card_list, &card->component_dev_list);
@@ -2067,8 +2077,18 @@ static int snd_soc_instantiate_card(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 
 	ret = snd_soc_dapm_add_routes(&card->dapm, card->dapm_routes,
 				      card->num_dapm_routes);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto probe_end;
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (card->disable_route_checks) {
+			dev_info(card->dev,
+				 "%s: disable_route_checks set, ignoring errors on add_routes\n",
+				 __func__);
+		} else {
+			dev_err(card->dev,
+				 "%s: snd_soc_dapm_add_routes failed: %d\n",
+				 __func__, ret);
+			goto probe_end;
+		}
+	}
 
 	ret = snd_soc_dapm_add_routes(&card->dapm, card->of_dapm_routes,
 				      card->num_of_dapm_routes);