diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index 04da7928c873..679ed60d850e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -802,7 +802,13 @@ static void dapm_set_mixer_path_status(struct snd_soc_dapm_path *p, int i,
 			val = max - val;
 		p->connect = !!val;
 	} else {
-		p->connect = 0;
+		/* since a virtual mixer has no backing registers to
+		 * decide which path to connect, it will try to match
+		 * with initial state.  This is to ensure
+		 * that the default mixer choice will be
+		 * correctly powered up during initialization.
+		 */
+		p->connect = invert;
 	}
 }