diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 4d04b4b..d022694 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@
 enum snd_soc_control_type {
 	SND_SOC_I2C = 1,
 	SND_SOC_SPI,
+	SND_SOC_REGMAP,
 };
 
 enum snd_soc_compress_type {
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-io.c b/sound/soc/soc-io.c
index b56e1c4..e471ed6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-io.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-io.c
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@
 						      &config);
 		break;
 
+	case SND_SOC_REGMAP:
+		/* Device has made its own regmap arrangements */
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}