diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_es8336.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_es8336.c
index e2daa57902af..d7dff61c9ba8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_es8336.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_es8336.c
@@ -537,12 +537,12 @@ static int sof_es8336_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	/* get speaker enable GPIO */
 	codec_dev = acpi_get_first_physical_node(adev);
 	if (!codec_dev)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 	priv->codec_dev = get_device(codec_dev);
 
+	/* get speaker enable GPIO */
 	ret = devm_acpi_dev_add_driver_gpios(codec_dev, gpio_mapping);
 	if (ret)
 		dev_warn(codec_dev, "unable to add GPIO mapping table\n");