diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/rt712-sdca-sdw.h b/sound/soc/codecs/rt712-sdca-sdw.h
index 99fd2d67f04d..7ad25cc27f62 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/rt712-sdca-sdw.h
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/rt712-sdca-sdw.h
@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@
 #include <linux/regmap.h>
 #include <linux/soundwire/sdw_registers.h>
 
+/* must stay sorted by register address, regcache_lookup_reg() does a bsearch() */
 static const struct reg_default rt712_sdca_reg_defaults[] = {
-
-	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_CS01, RT712_SDCA_CTL_SAMPLE_FREQ_INDEX, 0), 0x09 },
-	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_CS11, RT712_SDCA_CTL_SAMPLE_FREQ_INDEX, 0), 0x09 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU05, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_01), 0x01 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU05, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_02), 0x01 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU0F, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_01), 0x01 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU0F, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_02), 0x01 },
-	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_PDE40, RT712_SDCA_CTL_REQ_POWER_STATE, 0), 0x03 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_PDE12, RT712_SDCA_CTL_REQ_POWER_STATE, 0), 0x03 },
-	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_MIC_ARRAY, RT712_SDCA_ENT_CS1C, RT712_SDCA_CTL_SAMPLE_FREQ_INDEX, 0), 0x09 },
+	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_CS01, RT712_SDCA_CTL_SAMPLE_FREQ_INDEX, 0), 0x09 },
+	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_CS11, RT712_SDCA_CTL_SAMPLE_FREQ_INDEX, 0), 0x09 },
+	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_JACK_CODEC, RT712_SDCA_ENT_PDE40, RT712_SDCA_CTL_REQ_POWER_STATE, 0), 0x03 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_MIC_ARRAY, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU1E, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_01), 0x01 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_MIC_ARRAY, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU1E, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_02), 0x01 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_MIC_ARRAY, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU1E, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_03), 0x01 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_MIC_ARRAY, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU1E, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_04), 0x01 },
+	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_MIC_ARRAY, RT712_SDCA_ENT_CS1C, RT712_SDCA_CTL_SAMPLE_FREQ_INDEX, 0), 0x09 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_MIC_ARRAY, RT712_SDCA_ENT_CS1F, RT712_SDCA_CTL_SAMPLE_FREQ_INDEX, 0), 0x09 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_AMP, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU06, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_01), 0x01 },
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_AMP, RT712_SDCA_ENT_USER_FU06, RT712_SDCA_CTL_FU_MUTE, CH_02), 0x01 },
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static const struct reg_default rt712_sdca_reg_defaults[] = {
 	{ SDW_SDCA_CTL(FUNC_NUM_AMP, RT712_SDCA_ENT_OT23, RT712_SDCA_CTL_VENDOR_DEF, 0), 0x00 },
 };
 
+/* must stay sorted by register address, regcache_lookup_reg() does a bsearch() */
 static const struct reg_default rt712_sdca_mbq_defaults[] = {
 	{ 0x2000004, 0xaa01 },
 	{ 0x200000e, 0x21e0 },