}
 
        /* gather other link ID of slaves in the same group */
-       for (adr_next = adr_link + 1; adr_next && adr_next->num_adr;
-               adr_next++) {
-               const struct snd_soc_acpi_endpoint *endpoint;
-
-               endpoint = adr_next->adr_d->endpoints;
-               if (!endpoint->aggregated ||
-                   endpoint->group_id != *group_id)
-                       continue;
+       for (adr_next = adr_link + 1; adr_next && adr_next->num_adr; adr_next++) {
+               unsigned int link_codecs = 0;
 
-               if (index >= SDW_MAX_CPU_DAIS) {
-                       dev_err(dev, "cpu_dai_id array overflows\n");
-                       return -EINVAL;
-               }
-
-               cpu_dai_id[index++] = ffs(adr_next->mask) - 1;
                for (i = 0; i < adr_next->num_adr; i++) {
                        if (adr_next->adr_d[i].endpoints->aggregated &&
                            adr_next->adr_d[i].endpoints->group_id == *group_id)
-                               (*codec_num)++;
+                               link_codecs++;
+               }
+
+               if (link_codecs) {
+                       *codec_num += link_codecs;
+
+                       if (index >= SDW_MAX_CPU_DAIS) {
+                               dev_err(dev, "cpu_dai_id array overflowed\n");
+                               return -EINVAL;
+                       }
+
+                       cpu_dai_id[index++] = ffs(adr_next->mask) - 1;
                }
        }
 
        j = adr_index;
        for (adr_link_next = adr_link; adr_link_next && adr_link_next->num_adr &&
             i < cpu_dai_num; adr_link_next++) {
-               const struct snd_soc_acpi_endpoint *endpoints;
                int _codec_index = -1;
 
-               endpoints = adr_link_next->adr_d->endpoints;
-               if (group_id && (!endpoints->aggregated ||
-                                endpoints->group_id != group_id))
-                       continue;
-
                /* skip the link excluded by this processed group */
                if (cpu_dai_id[i] != ffs(adr_link_next->mask) - 1)
                        continue;
 
                /* j reset after loop, adr_index only applies to first link */
                for (; j < adr_link_next->num_adr; j++) {
+                       const struct snd_soc_acpi_endpoint *endpoints;
                        int codec_index;
                        u64 adr = adr_link_next->adr_d[j].adr;
 
                        }
                        _codec_index = codec_index;
 
+                       endpoints = adr_link_next->adr_d[j].endpoints;
+
+                       if (group_id && (!endpoints->aggregated ||
+                                        endpoints->group_id != group_id))
+                               continue;
+
                        /* sanity check */
                        if (*codec_conf_index >= codec_count) {
                                dev_err(dev, "codec_conf array overflowed\n");