diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
index 2f1890e703c6..ca135b8ab5c0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ static int skl_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_free;
 
+	skl->nhlt = skl_nhlt_init(bus->dev);
+
+	if (skl->nhlt == NULL)
+		goto out_free;
+
 	pci_set_drvdata(skl->pci, ebus);
 
 	/* check if dsp is there */