diff --git a/sound/soc/imx/mx27vis-aic32x4.c b/sound/soc/imx/mx27vis-aic32x4.c
index 054110b..224ffcc 100644
--- a/sound/soc/imx/mx27vis-aic32x4.c
+++ b/sound/soc/imx/mx27vis-aic32x4.c
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ static int __init mx27vis_aic32x4_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!machine_is_imx27_visstrim_m10())
+		/* return happy. We might run on a totally different machine */
+		return 0;
+
 	mx27vis_aic32x4_snd_device = platform_device_alloc("soc-audio", -1);
 	if (!mx27vis_aic32x4_snd_device)
 		return -ENOMEM;