static int set_codec_init_func(struct snd_soc_card *card,
                               const struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr *link,
                               struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_links,
-                              bool playback, int group_id)
+                              bool playback, int group_id, int adr_index)
 {
-       int i;
+       int i = adr_index;
 
        do {
                /*
                 * Initialize the codec. If codec is part of an aggregated
                 * group (group_id>0), initialize all codecs belonging to
                 * same group.
+                * The first link should start with link->adr_d[adr_index]
+                * because that is the device that we want to initialize and
+                * we should end immediately if it is not aggregated (group_id=0)
                 */
-               for (i = 0; i < link->num_adr; i++) {
+               for ( ; i < link->num_adr; i++) {
                        int codec_index;
 
                        codec_index = find_codec_info_part(link->adr_d[i].adr);
                                                dai_links,
                                                &codec_info_list[codec_index],
                                                playback);
+                       if (!group_id)
+                               return 0;
                }
+               i = 0;
                link++;
-       } while (link->mask && group_id);
+       } while (link->mask);
 
        return 0;
 }
                dai_links[*link_index].nonatomic = true;
 
                ret = set_codec_init_func(card, link, dai_links + (*link_index)++,
-                                         playback, group_id);
+                                         playback, group_id, adr_index);
                if (ret < 0) {
                        dev_err(dev, "failed to init codec %d", codec_index);
                        return ret;