diff --git a/include/sound/soc-topology.h b/include/sound/soc-topology.h
index 865a141b118b..427bc41df3ae 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-topology.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-topology.h
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ struct snd_soc_tplg_ops {
 	int io_ops_count;
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SND_SOC_TOPOLOGY
+
 /* gets a pointer to data from the firmware block header */
 static inline const void *snd_soc_tplg_get_data(struct snd_soc_tplg_hdr *hdr)
 {
@@ -165,4 +167,14 @@ int snd_soc_tplg_widget_bind_event(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w,
 	const struct snd_soc_tplg_widget_events *events, int num_events,
 	u16 event_type);
 
+#else
+
+static inline int snd_soc_tplg_component_remove(struct snd_soc_component *comp,
+						u32 index)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h b/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
index 51b8066a223b..247c50bd60f0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <sound/asound.h>
 
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#error This API is an early revision and not enabled in the current
+#error kernel release, it will be enabled in a future kernel version
+#error with incompatible changes to what is here.
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Maximum number of channels topology kcontrol can represent.
  */
diff --git a/sound/soc/Kconfig b/sound/soc/Kconfig
index 2ae9619443d1..1d651b8a8957 100644
--- a/sound/soc/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/Kconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ config SND_SOC_GENERIC_DMAENGINE_PCM
 	bool
 	select SND_DMAENGINE_PCM
 
+config SND_SOC_TOPOLOGY
+	bool
+
 # All the supported SoCs
 source "sound/soc/adi/Kconfig"
 source "sound/soc/atmel/Kconfig"
diff --git a/sound/soc/Makefile b/sound/soc/Makefile
index e189903fabf4..669648b41d30 100644
--- a/sound/soc/Makefile
+++ b/sound/soc/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 snd-soc-core-objs := soc-core.o soc-dapm.o soc-jack.o soc-cache.o soc-utils.o
 snd-soc-core-objs += soc-pcm.o soc-compress.o soc-io.o soc-devres.o soc-ops.o
+
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_SND_SOC_TOPOLOGY),)
 snd-soc-core-objs += soc-topology.o
+endif
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SND_SOC_GENERIC_DMAENGINE_PCM),)
 snd-soc-core-objs += soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.o