diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 23251e7ea246..77deed8bf9e4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8c756158343029c046ade6e7076f25f99774e72f
+refs/heads/master: 85a843c50ffb3597928968250a3f552a45b1b9de
diff --git a/trunk/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/trunk/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index 6cac04595ccd..2bde6b0c038b 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -1319,13 +1319,16 @@ static int dapm_power_widgets(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm, int event)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Force all contexts in the card to the same bias state */
+	/* Force all contexts in the card to the same bias state if
+	 * they're not ground referenced.
+	 */
 	bias = SND_SOC_BIAS_OFF;
 	list_for_each_entry(d, &card->dapm_list, list)
 		if (d->target_bias_level > bias)
 			bias = d->target_bias_level;
 	list_for_each_entry(d, &card->dapm_list, list)
-		d->target_bias_level = bias;
+		if (!d->idle_bias_off)
+			d->target_bias_level = bias;
 
 	trace_snd_soc_dapm_walk_done(card);