diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-utils.c b/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
index 11607c5f5d5a..9c746e4edef7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ int snd_soc_dai_is_dummy(struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_dai_is_dummy);
 
 int snd_soc_component_is_dummy(struct snd_soc_component *component)
 {
diff --git a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_audio_graph_card.c b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_audio_graph_card.c
index 1f2c5018bf5a..4737e776d383 100644
--- a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_audio_graph_card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_audio_graph_card.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <sound/graph_card.h>
 #include <sound/pcm_params.h>
+#include <sound/soc-dai.h>
 
 #define MAX_PLLA_OUT0_DIV 128
 
@@ -44,6 +45,21 @@ struct tegra_audio_cdata {
 	unsigned int plla_out0_rates[NUM_RATE_TYPE];
 };
 
+static bool need_clk_update(struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+{
+	if (snd_soc_dai_is_dummy(dai) ||
+	    !dai->driver->ops ||
+	    !dai->driver->name)
+		return false;
+
+	if (strstr(dai->driver->name, "I2S") ||
+	    strstr(dai->driver->name, "DMIC") ||
+	    strstr(dai->driver->name, "DSPK"))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* Setup PLL clock as per the given sample rate */
 static int tegra_audio_graph_update_pll(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 					struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params)
@@ -140,19 +156,7 @@ static int tegra_audio_graph_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = asoc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, 0);
 	int err;
 
-	/*
-	 * This gets called for each DAI link (FE or BE) when DPCM is used.
-	 * We may not want to update PLLA rate for each call. So PLLA update
-	 * must be restricted to external I/O links (I2S, DMIC or DSPK) since
-	 * they actually depend on it. I/O modules update their clocks in
-	 * hw_param() of their respective component driver and PLLA rate
-	 * update here helps them to derive appropriate rates.
-	 *
-	 * TODO: When more HW accelerators get added (like sample rate
-	 * converter, volume gain controller etc., which don't really
-	 * depend on PLLA) we need a better way to filter here.
-	 */
-	if (cpu_dai->driver->ops && rtd->dai_link->no_pcm) {
+	if (need_clk_update(cpu_dai)) {
 		err = tegra_audio_graph_update_pll(substream, params);
 		if (err)
 			return err;