diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 1a7323238c49..871e1fabd701 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -858,7 +858,6 @@ struct snd_soc_component {
 	struct list_head card_aux_list; /* for auxiliary bound components */
 	struct list_head card_list;
 
-	struct snd_soc_dai_driver *dai_drv;
 	int num_dai;
 
 	const struct snd_soc_component_driver *driver;
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index c0edac80df34..6a13fbcba23f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai *soc_add_dai(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	if (!dai->driver->ops)
 		dai->driver->ops = &null_dai_ops;
 
-	list_add(&dai->list, &component->dai_list);
+	list_add_tail(&dai->list, &component->dai_list);
 	component->num_dai++;
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "ASoC: Registered DAI '%s'\n", dai->name);
@@ -3176,8 +3176,6 @@ static int snd_soc_register_dais(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "ASoC: dai register %s #%zu\n", dev_name(dev), count);
 
-	component->dai_drv = dai_drv;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 
 		dai = soc_add_dai(component, dai_drv + i,
@@ -4354,6 +4352,7 @@ int snd_soc_get_dai_name(struct of_phandle_args *args,
 							     args,
 							     dai_name);
 		} else {
+			struct snd_soc_dai *dai;
 			int id = -1;
 
 			switch (args->args_count) {
@@ -4375,7 +4374,14 @@ int snd_soc_get_dai_name(struct of_phandle_args *args,
 
 			ret = 0;
 
-			*dai_name = pos->dai_drv[id].name;
+			/* find target DAI */
+			list_for_each_entry(dai, &pos->dai_list, list) {
+				if (id == 0)
+					break;
+				id--;
+			}
+
+			*dai_name = dai->driver->name;
 			if (!*dai_name)
 				*dai_name = pos->name;
 		}