dl->name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "SSP%d-Codec", ssp_port);
        dl->cpus = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*dl->cpus), GFP_KERNEL);
-       dl->codecs = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*dl->codecs), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!dl->name || !dl->cpus || !dl->codecs)
+       if (!dl->name || !dl->cpus)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        dl->cpus->dai_name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "SSP%d Pin", ssp_port);
-       dl->codecs->name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "snd-soc-dummy");
-       dl->codecs->dai_name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "snd-soc-dummy-dai");
+       dl->codecs = &asoc_dummy_dlc;
        if (!dl->cpus->dai_name || !dl->codecs->name || !dl->codecs->dai_name)
                return -ENOMEM;