diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c b/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
index c8619995b1d7..f7a7f216d586 100644
--- a/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
+++ b/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
@@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ static int tas2781_read_acpi(struct tasdevice_priv *p, const char *hid)
 	sub = acpi_get_subsystem_id(ACPI_HANDLE(physdev));
 	if (IS_ERR(sub)) {
 		/* No subsys id in older tas2563 projects. */
-		if (!strncmp(hid, "INT8866", sizeof("INT8866")))
+		if (!strncmp(hid, "INT8866", sizeof("INT8866"))) {
+			p->speaker_id = -1;
 			goto end_2563;
+		}
 		dev_err(p->dev, "Failed to get SUBSYS ID.\n");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(sub);
 		goto err;