diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa884x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa884x.c
index 2484d4b8e2d9..5ecd7962d77a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa884x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa884x.c
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ static void wsa884x_init(struct wsa884x_priv *wsa884x)
 
 	wsa884x_set_gain_parameters(wsa884x);
 
-	wsa884x->hw_init = false;
+	wsa884x->hw_init = true;
 }
 
 static int wsa884x_update_status(struct sdw_slave *slave,
@@ -2109,7 +2109,6 @@ static int wsa884x_probe(struct sdw_slave *pdev,
 
 	/* Start in cache-only until device is enumerated */
 	regcache_cache_only(wsa884x->regmap, true);
-	wsa884x->hw_init = true;
 
 	if (IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_HWMON)) {
 		struct device *hwmon;