#define MAX_AUTO_DACS  5
 
+#define DAC_SLAVE_FLAG 0x8000  /* filled dac is a slave */
+
 /* fill analog DAC list from the widget tree */
 static int fill_cx_auto_dacs(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t *dacs)
 {
                filled[nums].pin = pins[i];
                filled[nums].type = type;
                filled[nums].dac = get_unassigned_dac(codec, pins[i], dacs, rest);
+               if (!filled[nums].dac && i > 0 && filled[0].dac)
+                       filled[nums].dac = filled[0].dac | DAC_SLAVE_FLAG;
                nums++;
        }
        return nums;
        /* fill multiout struct */
        for (i = 0; i < nums; i++) {
                hda_nid_t dac = spec->dac_info[i].dac;
-               if (!dac)
+               if (!dac || (dac & DAC_SLAVE_FLAG))
                        continue;
                switch (spec->dac_info[i].type) {
                case AUTO_PIN_LINE_OUT:
                nid = spec->dac_info[i].dac;
                if (!nid)
                        nid = spec->multiout.dac_nids[0];
+               else if (nid & DAC_SLAVE_FLAG)
+                       nid &= ~DAC_SLAVE_FLAG;
                select_connection(codec, spec->dac_info[i].pin, nid);
        }
        if (spec->auto_mute) {
        for (i = 0; i < spec->dac_info_filled; i++) {
                const char *label;
                int idx, type;
-               if (!spec->dac_info[i].dac)
+               hda_nid_t dac = spec->dac_info[i].dac;
+               if (!dac || (dac & DAC_SLAVE_FLAG))
                        continue;
                type = spec->dac_info[i].type;
                if (type == AUTO_PIN_LINE_OUT)
                        idx = num_spk++;
                        break;
                }
-               err = try_add_pb_volume(codec, spec->dac_info[i].dac,
+               err = try_add_pb_volume(codec, dac,
                                        spec->dac_info[i].pin,
                                        label, idx);
                if (err < 0)