diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/nocodec.c b/sound/soc/sof/nocodec.c
index f84b4344dcc3..3d128e5a132c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/nocodec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/nocodec.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static int sof_nocodec_bes_setup(struct device *dev,
 				 struct snd_soc_dai_link *links,
 				 int link_num, struct snd_soc_card *card)
 {
+	struct snd_soc_dai_link_component *dlc;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!ops || !links || !card)
@@ -28,17 +29,29 @@ static int sof_nocodec_bes_setup(struct device *dev,
 
 	/* set up BE dai_links */
 	for (i = 0; i < link_num; i++) {
+		dlc = devm_kzalloc(dev, 3 * sizeof(*dlc), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!dlc)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		links[i].name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL,
 					       "NoCodec-%d", i);
 		if (!links[i].name)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
+		links[i].cpus = &dlc[0];
+		links[i].codecs = &dlc[1];
+		links[i].platforms = &dlc[2];
+
+		links[i].num_cpus = 1;
+		links[i].num_codecs = 1;
+		links[i].num_platforms = 1;
+
 		links[i].id = i;
 		links[i].no_pcm = 1;
-		links[i].cpu_dai_name = ops->drv[i].name;
-		links[i].platform_name = dev_name(dev);
-		links[i].codec_dai_name = "snd-soc-dummy-dai";
-		links[i].codec_name = "snd-soc-dummy";
+		links[i].cpus->dai_name = ops->drv[i].name;
+		links[i].platforms->name = dev_name(dev);
+		links[i].codecs->dai_name = "snd-soc-dummy-dai";
+		links[i].codecs->name = "snd-soc-dummy";
 		links[i].dpcm_playback = 1;
 		links[i].dpcm_capture = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
index b969686f954f..a13233ae6d0e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
@@ -2639,7 +2639,6 @@ static int sof_link_hda_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index,
 			     struct sof_ipc_dai_config *config)
 {
 	struct snd_sof_dev *sdev = snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(scomp);
-	struct snd_soc_dai_link_component dai_component;
 	struct snd_soc_tplg_private *private = &cfg->priv;
 	struct snd_soc_dai *dai;
 	u32 size = sizeof(*config);
@@ -2650,7 +2649,6 @@ static int sof_link_hda_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index,
 	int ret;
 
 	/* init IPC */
-	memset(&dai_component, 0, sizeof(dai_component));
 	memset(&config->hda, 0, sizeof(struct sof_ipc_dai_hda_params));
 	config->hdr.size = size;
 
@@ -2664,11 +2662,10 @@ static int sof_link_hda_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	dai_component.dai_name = link->cpu_dai_name;
-	dai = snd_soc_find_dai(&dai_component);
+	dai = snd_soc_find_dai(link->cpus);
 	if (!dai) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: failed to find dai %s in %s",
-			dai_component.dai_name, __func__);
+			link->cpus->dai_name, __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -2708,7 +2705,11 @@ static int sof_link_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index,
 	int ret;
 	int i = 0;
 
-	link->platform_name = dev_name(sdev->dev);
+	if (!link->platforms) {
+		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: no platforms\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	link->platforms->name = dev_name(sdev->dev);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set nonatomic property for FE dai links as their trigger action
@@ -2801,16 +2802,13 @@ static int sof_link_load(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, int index,
 static int sof_link_hda_unload(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 			       struct snd_soc_dai_link *link)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_dai_link_component dai_component;
 	struct snd_soc_dai *dai;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	memset(&dai_component, 0, sizeof(dai_component));
-	dai_component.dai_name = link->cpu_dai_name;
-	dai = snd_soc_find_dai(&dai_component);
+	dai = snd_soc_find_dai(link->cpus);
 	if (!dai) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: failed to find dai %s in %s",
-			dai_component.dai_name, __func__);
+			link->cpus->dai_name, __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}