diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8997.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8997.c
index 1392bb3c9254..555115ee2159 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8997.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8997.c
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ static int wm8997_sysclk_ev(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w,
 	case SND_SOC_DAPM_POST_PMU:
 		if (patch)
 			for (i = 0; i < patch_size; i++)
-				regmap_write(regmap, patch[i].reg,
-					     patch[i].def);
+				regmap_write_async(regmap, patch[i].reg,
+						   patch[i].def);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;