diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
index 2d3afddb0a2e..a7b96a9a4e0e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
@@ -367,8 +367,12 @@ static int snd_cht_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	card->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	sprintf(codec_name, "i2c-%s:00", drv->acpi_card->codec_id);
+
 	/* set correct codec name */
-	strcpy((char *)card->dai_link[2].codec_name, codec_name);
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cht_dailink); i++)
+		if (!strcmp(card->dai_link[i].codec_name, "i2c-10EC5645:00"))
+			card->dai_link[i].codec_name = kstrdup(codec_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	snd_soc_card_set_drvdata(card, drv);
 	ret_val = devm_snd_soc_register_card(&pdev->dev, card);
 	if (ret_val) {