diff --git a/include/sound/soc-component.h b/include/sound/soc-component.h
index a52080407b98..766dc6f009c0 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-component.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-component.h
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ struct snd_soc_component_driver {
 				  struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params);
 	bool use_dai_pcm_id;	/* use DAI link PCM ID as PCM device number */
 	int be_pcm_base;	/* base device ID for all BE PCMs */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	const char *debugfs_prefix;
+#endif
 };
 
 struct snd_soc_component {
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index ce153ac2c3ab..8c7da82a62ca 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2587,6 +2587,11 @@ int snd_soc_component_initialize(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	component->dev		= dev;
 	component->driver	= driver;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	if (!component->debugfs_prefix)
+		component->debugfs_prefix = driver->debugfs_prefix;
+#endif
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_component_initialize);