diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5cc2fc5610a9..0ae870765759 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cf6f1ff17f56c275424c5a341fc4d27ccbbfa71c
+refs/heads/master: ad2409413d09fca763be1ac5161f2a9d82367903
diff --git a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
index 605c99e1e520..c952582fb218 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
@@ -832,10 +832,13 @@ static int via_hp_build(struct hda_codec *codec)
 	knew->subdevice = HDA_SUBDEV_NID_FLAG | nid;
 	knew->private_value = nid;
 
-	knew = via_clone_control(spec, &via_hp_mixer[1]);
-	if (knew == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	knew->subdevice = side_mute_channel(spec);
+	nid = side_mute_channel(spec);
+	if (nid) {
+		knew = via_clone_control(spec, &via_hp_mixer[1]);
+		if (knew == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		knew->subdevice = nid;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }