diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
index b88a8dcfe4ba6f8f4e61cfa729b88d2ce03629c8..86088aed9002a8d5643ffcda33df64607397fe9d 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
@@ -30,5 +30,7 @@ int asoc_simple_card_parse_daifmt(struct device *dev,
 int asoc_simple_card_set_dailink_name(struct device *dev,
 				      struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link,
 				      const char *fmt, ...);
+int asoc_simple_card_parse_card_name(struct snd_soc_card *card,
+				     char *prefix);
 
 #endif /* __SIMPLE_CARD_CORE_H */
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
index 48c73660b66ae38af3d180580f84ba152faa78b5..d89a9a1b2471554042df5d372b8220f7a54a7cf2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
@@ -75,3 +75,23 @@ int asoc_simple_card_set_dailink_name(struct device *dev,
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_set_dailink_name);
+
+int asoc_simple_card_parse_card_name(struct snd_soc_card *card,
+				     char *prefix)
+{
+	char prop[128];
+	int ret;
+
+	snprintf(prop, sizeof(prop), "%sname", prefix);
+
+	/* Parse the card name from DT */
+	ret = snd_soc_of_parse_card_name(card, prop);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (!card->name && card->dai_link)
+		card->name = card->dai_link->name;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_parse_card_name);