diff --git a/include/sound/cs35l56.h b/include/sound/cs35l56.h
index e0629699b563..1a3c6f66f620 100644
--- a/include/sound/cs35l56.h
+++ b/include/sound/cs35l56.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ struct cs35l56_base {
 	bool fw_patched;
 	bool secured;
 	bool can_hibernate;
+	bool fw_owns_asp1;
 	bool cal_data_valid;
 	s8 cal_index;
 	struct cirrus_amp_cal_data cal_data;
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ extern const char * const cs35l56_tx_input_texts[CS35L56_NUM_INPUT_SRC];
 extern const unsigned int cs35l56_tx_input_values[CS35L56_NUM_INPUT_SRC];
 
 int cs35l56_set_patch(struct cs35l56_base *cs35l56_base);
+int cs35l56_init_asp1_regs_for_driver_control(struct cs35l56_base *cs35l56_base);
 int cs35l56_force_sync_asp1_registers_from_cache(struct cs35l56_base *cs35l56_base);
 int cs35l56_mbox_send(struct cs35l56_base *cs35l56_base, unsigned int command);
 int cs35l56_firmware_shutdown(struct cs35l56_base *cs35l56_base);
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56-shared.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56-shared.c
index a83317db75ed..ec1d95e57061 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56-shared.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56-shared.c
@@ -40,16 +40,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cs35l56_set_patch, SND_SOC_CS35L56_SHARED);
 static const struct reg_default cs35l56_reg_defaults[] = {
 	/* no defaults for OTP_MEM - first read populates cache */
 
-	{ CS35L56_ASP1_ENABLES1,		0x00000000 },
-	{ CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL1,		0x00000028 },
-	{ CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL2,		0x18180200 },
-	{ CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL3,		0x00000002 },
-	{ CS35L56_ASP1_FRAME_CONTROL1,		0x03020100 },
-	{ CS35L56_ASP1_FRAME_CONTROL5,		0x00020100 },
-	{ CS35L56_ASP1_DATA_CONTROL1,		0x00000018 },
-	{ CS35L56_ASP1_DATA_CONTROL5,		0x00000018 },
-
-	/* no defaults for ASP1TX mixer */
+	/*
+	 * No defaults for ASP1 control or ASP1TX mixer. See
+	 * cs35l56_populate_asp1_register_defaults() and
+	 * cs35l56_sync_asp1_mixer_widgets_with_firmware().
+	 */
 
 	{ CS35L56_SWIRE_DP3_CH1_INPUT,		0x00000018 },
 	{ CS35L56_SWIRE_DP3_CH2_INPUT,		0x00000019 },
@@ -210,6 +205,36 @@ static bool cs35l56_volatile_reg(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)
 	}
 }
 
+static const struct reg_sequence cs35l56_asp1_defaults[] = {
+	REG_SEQ0(CS35L56_ASP1_ENABLES1,		0x00000000),
+	REG_SEQ0(CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL1,		0x00000028),
+	REG_SEQ0(CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL2,		0x18180200),
+	REG_SEQ0(CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL3,		0x00000002),
+	REG_SEQ0(CS35L56_ASP1_FRAME_CONTROL1,	0x03020100),
+	REG_SEQ0(CS35L56_ASP1_FRAME_CONTROL5,	0x00020100),
+	REG_SEQ0(CS35L56_ASP1_DATA_CONTROL1,	0x00000018),
+	REG_SEQ0(CS35L56_ASP1_DATA_CONTROL5,	0x00000018),
+};
+
+/*
+ * The firmware can have control of the ASP so we don't provide regmap
+ * with defaults for these registers, to prevent a regcache_sync() from
+ * overwriting the firmware settings. But if the machine driver hooks up
+ * the ASP it means the driver is taking control of the ASP, so then the
+ * registers are populated with the defaults.
+ */
+int cs35l56_init_asp1_regs_for_driver_control(struct cs35l56_base *cs35l56_base)
+{
+	if (!cs35l56_base->fw_owns_asp1)
+		return 0;
+
+	cs35l56_base->fw_owns_asp1 = false;
+
+	return regmap_multi_reg_write(cs35l56_base->regmap, cs35l56_asp1_defaults,
+				      ARRAY_SIZE(cs35l56_asp1_defaults));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cs35l56_init_asp1_regs_for_driver_control, SND_SOC_CS35L56_SHARED);
+
 /*
  * The firmware boot sequence can overwrite the ASP1 config registers so that
  * they don't match regmap's view of their values. Rewrite the values from the
@@ -217,19 +242,15 @@ static bool cs35l56_volatile_reg(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)
  */
 int cs35l56_force_sync_asp1_registers_from_cache(struct cs35l56_base *cs35l56_base)
 {
-	struct reg_sequence asp1_regs[] = {
-		{ .reg = CS35L56_ASP1_ENABLES1 },
-		{ .reg = CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL1 },
-		{ .reg = CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL2 },
-		{ .reg = CS35L56_ASP1_CONTROL3 },
-		{ .reg = CS35L56_ASP1_FRAME_CONTROL1 },
-		{ .reg = CS35L56_ASP1_FRAME_CONTROL5 },
-		{ .reg = CS35L56_ASP1_DATA_CONTROL1 },
-		{ .reg = CS35L56_ASP1_DATA_CONTROL5 },
-	};
+	struct reg_sequence asp1_regs[ARRAY_SIZE(cs35l56_asp1_defaults)];
 	int i, ret;
 
-	/* Read values from regmap cache into a write sequence */
+	if (cs35l56_base->fw_owns_asp1)
+		return 0;
+
+	memcpy(asp1_regs, cs35l56_asp1_defaults, sizeof(asp1_regs));
+
+	/* Read current values from regmap cache into the write sequence */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(asp1_regs); ++i) {
 		ret = regmap_read(cs35l56_base->regmap, asp1_regs[i].reg, &asp1_regs[i].def);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c
index 5a4e0e479414..6331b8c6136e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c
@@ -454,9 +454,14 @@ static int cs35l56_asp_dai_set_fmt(struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai, unsigned int f
 {
 	struct cs35l56_private *cs35l56 = snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(codec_dai->component);
 	unsigned int val;
+	int ret;
 
 	dev_dbg(cs35l56->base.dev, "%s: %#x\n", __func__, fmt);
 
+	ret = cs35l56_init_asp1_regs_for_driver_control(&cs35l56->base);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	switch (fmt & SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CLOCK_PROVIDER_MASK) {
 	case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CBC_CFC:
 		break;
@@ -530,6 +535,11 @@ static int cs35l56_asp_dai_set_tdm_slot(struct snd_soc_dai *dai, unsigned int tx
 					unsigned int rx_mask, int slots, int slot_width)
 {
 	struct cs35l56_private *cs35l56 = snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(dai->component);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cs35l56_init_asp1_regs_for_driver_control(&cs35l56->base);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if ((slots == 0) || (slot_width == 0)) {
 		dev_dbg(cs35l56->base.dev, "tdm config cleared\n");
@@ -578,6 +588,11 @@ static int cs35l56_asp_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	struct cs35l56_private *cs35l56 = snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(dai->component);
 	unsigned int rate = params_rate(params);
 	u8 asp_width, asp_wl;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cs35l56_init_asp1_regs_for_driver_control(&cs35l56->base);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	asp_wl = params_width(params);
 	if (cs35l56->asp_slot_width)
@@ -634,7 +649,11 @@ static int cs35l56_asp_dai_set_sysclk(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 				      int clk_id, unsigned int freq, int dir)
 {
 	struct cs35l56_private *cs35l56 = snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(dai->component);
-	int freq_id;
+	int freq_id, ret;
+
+	ret = cs35l56_init_asp1_regs_for_driver_control(&cs35l56->base);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (freq == 0) {
 		cs35l56->sysclk_set = false;
@@ -1403,6 +1422,9 @@ int cs35l56_common_probe(struct cs35l56_private *cs35l56)
 	cs35l56->base.cal_index = -1;
 	cs35l56->speaker_id = -ENOENT;
 
+	/* Assume that the firmware owns ASP1 until we know different */
+	cs35l56->base.fw_owns_asp1 = true;
+
 	dev_set_drvdata(cs35l56->base.dev, cs35l56);
 
 	cs35l56_fill_supply_names(cs35l56->supplies);