diff --git a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
index c63d226e2436..d5ec1a20499d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
@@ -644,40 +644,6 @@ static int sun4i_i2s_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int sun4i_i2s_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-			     struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
-{
-	struct sun4i_i2s *i2s = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
-
-	/* Enable the whole hardware block */
-	regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
-			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN);
-
-	/* Enable the first output line */
-	regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
-			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_SDO_EN_MASK,
-			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_SDO_EN(0));
-
-
-	return clk_prepare_enable(i2s->mod_clk);
-}
-
-static void sun4i_i2s_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-			       struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
-{
-	struct sun4i_i2s *i2s = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
-
-	clk_disable_unprepare(i2s->mod_clk);
-
-	/* Disable our output lines */
-	regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
-			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_SDO_EN_MASK, 0);
-
-	/* Disable the whole hardware block */
-	regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
-			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN, 0);
-}
-
 static int sun4i_i2s_set_sysclk(struct snd_soc_dai *dai, int clk_id,
 				unsigned int freq, int dir)
 {
@@ -695,8 +661,6 @@ static const struct snd_soc_dai_ops sun4i_i2s_dai_ops = {
 	.hw_params	= sun4i_i2s_hw_params,
 	.set_fmt	= sun4i_i2s_set_fmt,
 	.set_sysclk	= sun4i_i2s_set_sysclk,
-	.shutdown	= sun4i_i2s_shutdown,
-	.startup	= sun4i_i2s_startup,
 	.trigger	= sun4i_i2s_trigger,
 };
 
@@ -869,6 +833,21 @@ static int sun4i_i2s_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
 		goto err_disable_clk;
 	}
 
+	/* Enable the whole hardware block */
+	regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
+			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN);
+
+	/* Enable the first output line */
+	regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
+			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_SDO_EN_MASK,
+			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_SDO_EN(0));
+
+	ret = clk_prepare_enable(i2s->mod_clk);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to enable module clock\n");
+		goto err_disable_clk;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_disable_clk:
@@ -880,6 +859,16 @@ static int sun4i_i2s_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct sun4i_i2s *i2s = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	clk_disable_unprepare(i2s->mod_clk);
+
+	/* Disable our output lines */
+	regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
+			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_SDO_EN_MASK, 0);
+
+	/* Disable the whole hardware block */
+	regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
+			   SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN, 0);
+
 	regcache_cache_only(i2s->regmap, true);
 
 	clk_disable_unprepare(i2s->bus_clk);