diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/Kconfig b/sound/soc/codecs/Kconfig
index 1b50b2d66beb..3840dd684497 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/Kconfig
@@ -1673,6 +1673,7 @@ config SND_SOC_STA529
 config SND_SOC_STAC9766
 	tristate
 	depends on SND_SOC_AC97_BUS
+	select REGMAP_AC97
 
 config SND_SOC_STI_SAS
 	tristate "codec Audio support for STI SAS codec"