* parsing paths
  */
 
-/* get the path between the given NIDs;
- * passing 0 to either @pin or @dac behaves as a wildcard
- */
-struct nid_path *snd_hda_get_nid_path(struct hda_codec *codec,
-                                     hda_nid_t from_nid, hda_nid_t to_nid)
+static struct nid_path *get_nid_path(struct hda_codec *codec,
+                                    hda_nid_t from_nid, hda_nid_t to_nid,
+                                    int with_aa_mix)
 {
        struct hda_gen_spec *spec = codec->spec;
        int i;
                if (path->depth <= 0)
                        continue;
                if ((!from_nid || path->path[0] == from_nid) &&
-                   (!to_nid || path->path[path->depth - 1] == to_nid))
-                       return path;
+                   (!to_nid || path->path[path->depth - 1] == to_nid)) {
+                       if (with_aa_mix == HDA_PARSE_ALL ||
+                           path->with_aa_mix == with_aa_mix)
+                               return path;
+               }
        }
        return NULL;
 }
+
+/* get the path between the given NIDs;
+ * passing 0 to either @pin or @dac behaves as a wildcard
+ */
+struct nid_path *snd_hda_get_nid_path(struct hda_codec *codec,
+                                     hda_nid_t from_nid, hda_nid_t to_nid)
+{
+       return get_nid_path(codec, from_nid, to_nid, HDA_PARSE_ALL);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_HDA(snd_hda_get_nid_path);
 
 /* check whether the given DAC is already found in any existing paths */
 
  found:
        path->path[path->depth] = conn[i];
+       if (conn[i] == spec->mixer_nid)
+               path->with_aa_mix = true;
        path->idx[path->depth + 1] = i;
        if (nums > 1 && get_wcaps_type(get_wcaps(codec, to_nid)) != AC_WID_AUD_MIX)
                path->multi[path->depth + 1] = 1;
        if (from_nid && to_nid && !is_reachable_path(codec, from_nid, to_nid))
                return NULL;
 
+       /* check whether the path has been already added */
+       path = get_nid_path(codec, from_nid, to_nid, with_aa_mix);
+       if (path)
+               return path;
+
        path = snd_array_new(&spec->paths);
        if (!path)
                return NULL;