diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
index c0161ec17572..0653fb9385d1 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ int asoc_simple_card_parse_clk(struct device *dev,
 			       struct asoc_simple_dai *simple_dai,
 			       const char *dai_name,
 			       struct snd_soc_dai_link_component *dlc);
-int asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(struct asoc_simple_dai *dai);
 void asoc_simple_card_clk_disable(struct asoc_simple_dai *dai);
+int asoc_simple_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 
 #define asoc_simple_card_parse_cpu(node, dai_link,				\
 				   list_name, cells_name, is_single_link)	\
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
index 656ca49ba727..29ae71b427ec 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
@@ -56,24 +56,6 @@ static const struct snd_soc_dapm_widget graph_dapm_widgets[] = {
 			       SND_SOC_DAPM_POST_PMU | SND_SOC_DAPM_PRE_PMD),
 };
 
-static int graph_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
-{
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
-	struct asoc_simple_priv *priv = snd_soc_card_get_drvdata(rtd->card);
-	struct simple_dai_props *dai_props = simple_priv_to_props(priv, rtd->num);
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(dai_props->cpu_dai);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(dai_props->codec_dai);
-	if (ret)
-		asoc_simple_card_clk_disable(dai_props->cpu_dai);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void graph_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
@@ -117,7 +99,7 @@ err:
 }
 
 static const struct snd_soc_ops graph_ops = {
-	.startup	= graph_startup,
+	.startup	= asoc_simple_startup,
 	.shutdown	= graph_shutdown,
 	.hw_params	= graph_hw_params,
 };
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
index f5ba5ad300cc..83ea1afa3c72 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
@@ -143,14 +143,13 @@ int asoc_simple_card_parse_card_name(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_parse_card_name);
 
-int asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(struct asoc_simple_dai *dai)
+static int asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(struct asoc_simple_dai *dai)
 {
 	if (dai)
 		return clk_prepare_enable(dai->clk);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_clk_enable);
 
 void asoc_simple_card_clk_disable(struct asoc_simple_dai *dai)
 {
@@ -206,6 +205,25 @@ int asoc_simple_card_parse_clk(struct device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_parse_clk);
 
+int asoc_simple_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
+	struct asoc_simple_priv *priv = snd_soc_card_get_drvdata(rtd->card);
+	struct simple_dai_props *dai_props = simple_priv_to_props(priv, rtd->num);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(dai_props->cpu_dai);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(dai_props->codec_dai);
+	if (ret)
+		asoc_simple_card_clk_disable(dai_props->cpu_dai);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_startup);
+
 int asoc_simple_card_parse_dai(struct device_node *node,
 				    struct snd_soc_dai_link_component *dlc,
 				    struct device_node **dai_of_node,
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
index 628c19a3aaff..d0ea5736889e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
@@ -26,25 +26,6 @@ struct link_info {
 #define CELL	"#sound-dai-cells"
 #define PREFIX	"simple-audio-card,"
 
-static int simple_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
-{
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
-	struct asoc_simple_priv *priv = snd_soc_card_get_drvdata(rtd->card);
-	struct simple_dai_props *dai_props =
-		simple_priv_to_props(priv, rtd->num);
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(dai_props->cpu_dai);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = asoc_simple_card_clk_enable(dai_props->codec_dai);
-	if (ret)
-		asoc_simple_card_clk_disable(dai_props->cpu_dai);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void simple_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
@@ -114,7 +95,7 @@ err:
 }
 
 static const struct snd_soc_ops simple_ops = {
-	.startup	= simple_startup,
+	.startup	= asoc_simple_startup,
 	.shutdown	= simple_shutdown,
 	.hw_params	= simple_hw_params,
 };