diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 4fb079e..5c3bce8 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@
 	unsigned int suspended:1; /* Codec is in suspend PM state */
 	unsigned int probed:1; /* Codec has been probed */
 	unsigned int ac97_registered:1; /* Codec has been AC97 registered */
+	unsigned int ac97_created:1; /* Codec has been created by SoC */
 	unsigned int sysfs_registered:1; /* codec has been sysfs registered */
 
 	/* codec IO */