diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
index 13168e029232f2251d2a390aa14cd8e0c64ddce6..a71d46a95ca8d52a1b9049a37014280315cbf1ab 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
@@ -60,4 +60,7 @@ int asoc_simple_card_parse_dai(struct device_node *node,
 
 int asoc_simple_card_init_dai(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 			      struct asoc_simple_dai *simple_dai);
+
+int asoc_simple_card_canonicalize_dailink(struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link);
+
 #endif /* __SIMPLE_CARD_CORE_H */
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
index 33abe1f7014e898f5e689d3536b462d91efcd9b6..189eadddfad32c0402ec25ab72defeebb666db07 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
@@ -193,6 +193,19 @@ int asoc_simple_card_init_dai(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_init_dai);
 
+int asoc_simple_card_canonicalize_dailink(struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link)
+{
+	if (!dai_link->cpu_dai_name || !dai_link->codec_dai_name)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Assumes platform == cpu */
+	if (!dai_link->platform_of_node)
+		dai_link->platform_of_node = dai_link->cpu_of_node;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_canonicalize_dailink);
+
 /* Module information */
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALSA SoC Simple Card Utils");