diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
index d4402fb..eb95beb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
@@ -134,10 +134,12 @@
 		(SND_SOC_DAIFMT_FORMAT_MASK | SND_SOC_DAIFMT_INV_MASK);
 
 	/* DAPM routes */
-	ret = snd_soc_of_parse_audio_routing(&info->snd_card,
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "simple-audio-routing")) {
+		ret = snd_soc_of_parse_audio_routing(&info->snd_card,
 					"simple-audio-routing");
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	/* CPU sub-node */
 	ret = -EINVAL;