diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_audio.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_audio.c
index b1c1d3433454..d7f6909afc01 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_audio.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_audio.c
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ static void r600_audio_update_hdmi(unsigned long param)
 		jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(AUDIO_TIMER_INTERVALL));
 }
 
+/*
+ * turn on/off audio engine
+ */
+static void r600_audio_engine_enable(struct radeon_device *rdev, bool enable)
+{
+	DRM_INFO("%s audio support", enable ? "Enabling" : "Disabling");
+	WREG32_P(R600_AUDIO_ENABLE, enable ? 0x81000000 : 0x0, ~0x81000000);
+}
+
 /*
  * initialize the audio vars and register the update timer
  */
@@ -154,8 +163,7 @@ int r600_audio_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	if (!r600_audio_chipset_supported(rdev))
 		return 0;
 
-	DRM_INFO("%s audio support", radeon_audio ? "Enabling" : "Disabling");
-	WREG32_P(R600_AUDIO_ENABLE, radeon_audio ? 0x81000000 : 0x0, ~0x81000000);
+	r600_audio_engine_enable(rdev, radeon_audio);
 
 	rdev->audio_channels = -1;
 	rdev->audio_rate = -1;
@@ -261,7 +269,7 @@ void r600_audio_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	if (!r600_audio_chipset_supported(rdev))
 		return;
 
-	WREG32_P(R600_AUDIO_ENABLE, 0x0, ~0x81000000);
-
 	del_timer(&rdev->audio_timer);
+
+	r600_audio_engine_enable(rdev, false);
 }