diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_cmedia.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_cmedia.c
index 9c6ce73..139ef30 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_cmedia.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_cmedia.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include "hda_jack.h"
 #include "hda_generic.h"
 
+#undef ENABLE_CMI_STATIC_QUIRKS
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_CMI_STATIC_QUIRKS
 #define NUM_PINS	11
 
 
@@ -45,10 +48,12 @@
 	CMI_AUTO,	/* let driver guess it */
 	CMI_MODELS
 };
+#endif /* ENABLE_CMI_STATIC_QUIRKS */
 
 struct cmi_spec {
 	struct hda_gen_spec gen;
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_CMI_STATIC_QUIRKS
 	/* below are only for static models */
 
 	int board_config;
@@ -81,8 +86,10 @@
 
 	/* multichannel pins */
 	struct hda_verb multi_init[9];	/* 2 verbs for each pin + terminator */
+#endif /* ENABLE_CMI_STATIC_QUIRKS */
 };
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_CMI_STATIC_QUIRKS
 /*
  * input MUX
  */
@@ -566,6 +573,7 @@
 	.init = cmi9880_init,
 	.free = cmi9880_free,
 };
+#endif /* ENABLE_CMI_STATIC_QUIRKS */
 
 /*
  * stuff for auto-parser
@@ -588,15 +596,20 @@
 
 	err = snd_hda_parse_pin_defcfg(codec, cfg, NULL, 0);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+		goto error;
 	err = snd_hda_gen_parse_auto_config(codec, cfg);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+		goto error;
 
 	codec->patch_ops = cmi_auto_patch_ops;
 	return 0;
+
+ error:
+	snd_hda_gen_free(codec);
+	return err;
 }
 
+
 static int patch_cmi9880(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
 	struct cmi_spec *spec;
@@ -606,6 +619,7 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	codec->spec = spec;
+#ifdef ENABLE_CMI_STATIC_QUIRKS
 	spec->board_config = snd_hda_check_board_config(codec, CMI_MODELS,
 							cmi9880_models,
 							cmi9880_cfg_tbl);
@@ -615,14 +629,8 @@
 		spec->board_config = CMI_AUTO; /* try everything */
 	}
 
-	if (spec->board_config == CMI_AUTO) {
-		int err = cmi_parse_auto_config(codec);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			snd_hda_gen_free(codec);
-			return err;
-		}
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (spec->board_config == CMI_AUTO)
+		return cmi_parse_auto_config(codec);
 
 	/* copy default DAC NIDs */
 	memcpy(spec->dac_nids, cmi9880_dac_nids, sizeof(spec->dac_nids));
@@ -669,6 +677,9 @@
 	codec->patch_ops = cmi9880_patch_ops;
 
 	return 0;
+#else
+	return cmi_parse_auto_config(codec);
+#endif
 }
 
 /*