diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
index 72a2f60b087c..bf57fa6a4add 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
@@ -1809,11 +1809,11 @@ static int via_auto_fill_dac_nids(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
 	struct via_spec *spec = codec->spec;
 	const struct auto_pin_cfg *cfg = &spec->autocfg;
-	int i, dac_num;
+	int i;
 	hda_nid_t nid;
 
+	spec->multiout.num_dacs = 0;
 	spec->multiout.dac_nids = spec->private_dac_nids;
-	dac_num = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < cfg->line_outs; i++) {
 		hda_nid_t dac = 0;
 		nid = cfg->line_out_pins[i];
@@ -1824,16 +1824,13 @@ static int via_auto_fill_dac_nids(struct hda_codec *codec)
 		if (!i && parse_output_path(codec, nid, dac, 1,
 					    &spec->out_mix_path))
 			dac = spec->out_mix_path.path[0];
-		if (dac) {
-			spec->private_dac_nids[i] = dac;
-			dac_num++;
-		}
+		if (dac)
+			spec->private_dac_nids[spec->multiout.num_dacs++] = dac;
 	}
 	if (!spec->out_path[0].depth && spec->out_mix_path.depth) {
 		spec->out_path[0] = spec->out_mix_path;
 		spec->out_mix_path.depth = 0;
 	}
-	spec->multiout.num_dacs = dac_num;
 	return 0;
 }