diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index 3603cbe2d40e..6f9b64700f6e 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -1065,8 +1065,14 @@ int snd_hda_add_pincfg(struct hda_codec *codec, struct snd_array *list,
 {
 	struct hda_pincfg *pin;
 
+	/* the check below may be invalid when pins are added by a fixup
+	 * dynamically (e.g. via snd_hda_codec_update_widgets()), so disabled
+	 * for now
+	 */
+	/*
 	if (get_wcaps_type(get_wcaps(codec, nid)) != AC_WID_PIN)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	*/
 
 	pin = look_up_pincfg(codec, list, nid);
 	if (!pin) {