diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 67bebc339148..ecea2dddbe9a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2604,6 +2604,7 @@ static char *fmt_single_name(struct device *dev, int *id)
 	const char *devname = dev_name(dev);
 	char *found, *name;
 	unsigned int id1, id2;
+	int __id;
 
 	if (devname == NULL)
 		return NULL;
@@ -2616,10 +2617,10 @@ static char *fmt_single_name(struct device *dev, int *id)
 	found = strstr(name, dev->driver->name);
 	if (found) {
 		/* get ID */
-		if (sscanf(&found[strlen(dev->driver->name)], ".%d", id) == 1) {
+		if (sscanf(&found[strlen(dev->driver->name)], ".%d", &__id) == 1) {
 
 			/* discard ID from name if ID == -1 */
-			if (*id == -1)
+			if (__id == -1)
 				found[strlen(dev->driver->name)] = '\0';
 		}
 
@@ -2627,16 +2628,19 @@ static char *fmt_single_name(struct device *dev, int *id)
 	} else if (sscanf(name, "%x-%x", &id1, &id2) == 2) {
 
 		/* create unique ID number from I2C addr and bus */
-		*id = ((id1 & 0xffff) << 16) + id2;
+		__id = ((id1 & 0xffff) << 16) + id2;
 
 		devm_kfree(dev, name);
 
 		/* sanitize component name for DAI link creation */
 		name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s.%s", dev->driver->name, devname);
 	} else {
-		*id = 0;
+		__id = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (id)
+		*id = __id;
+
 	return name;
 }