#ifdef CONFIG_SND_HDA_I915
 void snd_hdac_i915_set_bclk(struct hdac_bus *bus);
-int snd_hdac_i915_init(struct hdac_bus *bus, bool allow_modprobe);
+int snd_hdac_i915_init(struct hdac_bus *bus);
 #else
 static inline void snd_hdac_i915_set_bclk(struct hdac_bus *bus)
 {
 }
-static inline int snd_hdac_i915_init(struct hdac_bus *bus, bool allow_modprobe)
+static inline int snd_hdac_i915_init(struct hdac_bus *bus)
 {
        return -ENODEV;
 }
 
  *
  * Returns zero for success or a negative error code.
  */
-int snd_hdac_i915_init(struct hdac_bus *bus, bool allow_modprobe)
+int snd_hdac_i915_init(struct hdac_bus *bus)
 {
        struct drm_audio_component *acomp;
        int err;
        acomp = bus->audio_component;
        if (!acomp)
                return -ENODEV;
-       if (allow_modprobe && !acomp->ops) {
-               if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULES) ||
-                   !request_module("i915")) {
-                       /* 60s timeout */
-                       wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(&acomp->master_bind_complete,
-                                                            msecs_to_jiffies(60 * 1000));
-               }
-       }
        if (!acomp->ops) {
-               int err = allow_modprobe ? -ENODEV : -EPROBE_DEFER;
                snd_hdac_acomp_exit(bus);
-               return dev_err_probe(bus->dev, err, "couldn't bind with audio component\n");
+               return dev_err_probe(bus->dev, -EPROBE_DEFER,
+                                    "couldn't bind with audio component\n");
        }
        return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SND_HDA_I915
        /* bind with i915 if needed */
        if (chip->driver_caps & AZX_DCAPS_I915_COMPONENT) {
-               err = snd_hdac_i915_init(azx_bus(chip), false);
+               err = snd_hdac_i915_init(azx_bus(chip));
                if (err < 0) {
                        /* if the controller is bound only with HDMI/DP
                         * (for HSW and BDW), we need to abort the probe;
 
        pci_set_drvdata(pci, bus);
        device_disable_async_suspend(dev);
 
-       ret = snd_hdac_i915_init(bus, false);
+       ret = snd_hdac_i915_init(bus);
        if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
                goto err_i915_init;
        else if (ret < 0)
 
        }
 
        if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_HDAC_HDMI)) {
-               err = snd_hdac_i915_init(bus, false);
+               err = snd_hdac_i915_init(bus);
                if (err < 0)
                        goto out_dmic_unregister;
        }
 
                return 0;
 
        /* i915 exposes a HDA codec for HDMI audio */
-       ret = snd_hdac_i915_init(bus, true);
+       ret = snd_hdac_i915_init(bus);
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;