if (get_wcaps(codec, pin_nid) & AC_WCAP_OUT_AMP)
                snd_hda_codec_write(codec, pin_nid, 0,
                                AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, AMP_OUT_UNMUTE);
-       /* Disable pin out until stream is active*/
+       /* Enable pin out: some machines with GM965 gets broken output when
+        * the pin is disabled or changed while using with HDMI
+        */
        snd_hda_codec_write(codec, pin_nid, 0,
-                           AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, 0);
+                           AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, PIN_OUT);
 }
 
 static int hdmi_get_channel_count(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t cvt_nid)
        struct hdmi_spec *spec = codec->spec;
        int pin_idx = hinfo_to_pin_index(spec, hinfo);
        hda_nid_t pin_nid = spec->pins[pin_idx].pin_nid;
-       int pinctl;
        bool non_pcm;
 
        non_pcm = check_non_pcm_per_cvt(codec, cvt_nid);
 
        hdmi_setup_audio_infoframe(codec, pin_idx, non_pcm, substream);
 
-       pinctl = snd_hda_codec_read(codec, pin_nid, 0,
-                                   AC_VERB_GET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, 0);
-       snd_hda_codec_write(codec, pin_nid, 0,
-                           AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, pinctl | PIN_OUT);
-
        return hdmi_setup_stream(codec, cvt_nid, pin_nid, stream_tag, format);
 }
 
        int cvt_idx, pin_idx;
        struct hdmi_spec_per_cvt *per_cvt;
        struct hdmi_spec_per_pin *per_pin;
-       int pinctl;
 
        if (hinfo->nid) {
                cvt_idx = cvt_nid_to_cvt_index(spec, hinfo->nid);
                        return -EINVAL;
                per_pin = &spec->pins[pin_idx];
 
-               pinctl = snd_hda_codec_read(codec, per_pin->pin_nid, 0,
-                                           AC_VERB_GET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, 0);
-               snd_hda_codec_write(codec, per_pin->pin_nid, 0,
-                                   AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL,
-                                   pinctl & ~PIN_OUT);
                snd_hda_spdif_ctls_unassign(codec, pin_idx);
                per_pin->chmap_set = false;
                memset(per_pin->chmap, 0, sizeof(per_pin->chmap));