diff --git a/include/sound/soc-dai.h b/include/sound/soc-dai.h
index 6a5566d459ad..7cfed3034511 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-dai.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-dai.h
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ int snd_soc_dai_trigger(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 			struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd);
 int snd_soc_dai_bespoke_trigger(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 			struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd);
+snd_pcm_sframes_t snd_soc_dai_delay(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
+				    struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 
 struct snd_soc_dai_ops {
 	/*
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dai.c b/sound/soc/soc-dai.c
index 6f466cfcbeef..5b5b979cd1f3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dai.c
@@ -342,3 +342,14 @@ int snd_soc_dai_bespoke_trigger(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+snd_pcm_sframes_t snd_soc_dai_delay(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
+				    struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+	int delay = 0;
+
+	if (dai->driver->ops->delay)
+		delay = dai->driver->ops->delay(substream, dai);
+
+	return delay;
+}
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index a10627f1ceff..f3137723301c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -1169,14 +1169,11 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t soc_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	/* base delay if assigned in pointer callback */
 	delay = runtime->delay;
 
-	if (cpu_dai->driver->ops->delay)
-		delay += cpu_dai->driver->ops->delay(substream, cpu_dai);
+	delay += snd_soc_dai_delay(cpu_dai, substream);
 
 	for_each_rtd_codec_dai(rtd, i, codec_dai) {
-		if (codec_dai->driver->ops->delay)
-			codec_delay = max(codec_delay,
-					codec_dai->driver->ops->delay(substream,
-								    codec_dai));
+		codec_delay = max(codec_delay,
+				  snd_soc_dai_delay(codec_dai, substream));
 	}
 	delay += codec_delay;