diff --git a/include/sound/soc-acpi.h b/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
index 31f4c4f9aeea..ac0893df9c76 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr {
  */
 /* Descriptor for SST ASoC machine driver */
 struct snd_soc_acpi_mach {
-	const u8 id[ACPI_ID_LEN];
+	u8 id[ACPI_ID_LEN];
 	const struct snd_soc_acpi_codecs *comp_ids;
 	const u32 link_mask;
 	const struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr *links;
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-acpi.c b/sound/soc/soc-acpi.c
index 2ae99b49d3f5..cbd7ea48837b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-acpi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-acpi.c
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ static bool snd_soc_acpi_id_present(struct snd_soc_acpi_mach *machine)
 
 	if (comp_ids) {
 		for (i = 0; i < comp_ids->num_codecs; i++) {
-			if (acpi_dev_present(comp_ids->codecs[i], NULL, -1))
+			if (acpi_dev_present(comp_ids->codecs[i], NULL, -1)) {
+				strscpy(machine->id, comp_ids->codecs[i], ACPI_ID_LEN);
 				return true;
+			}
 		}
 	}