diff --git a/include/sound/soc-acpi.h b/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
index b38fd25c5729..528279056b3a 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr {
 /* Descriptor for SST ASoC machine driver */
 struct snd_soc_acpi_mach {
 	u8 id[ACPI_ID_LEN];
+	const char *uid;
 	const struct snd_soc_acpi_codecs *comp_ids;
 	const u32 link_mask;
 	const struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr *links;
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/avs/board_selection.c b/sound/soc/intel/avs/board_selection.c
index 87f9c18be238..87353b4b0cd7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/avs/board_selection.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/avs/board_selection.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static int avs_register_i2s_boards(struct avs_dev *adev)
 	}
 
 	for (mach = boards->machs; mach->id[0]; mach++) {
-		if (!acpi_dev_present(mach->id, NULL, -1))
+		if (!acpi_dev_present(mach->id, mach->uid, -1))
 			continue;
 
 		if (mach->machine_quirk)