diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9712.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9712.c
index 0ac1215dcd9..e237bf61512 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9712.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9712.c
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ static int ac97_write(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, unsigned int reg,
 {
 	u16 *cache = codec->reg_cache;
 
-	soc_ac97_ops.write(codec->ac97, reg, val);
+	if (reg < 0x7c)
+		soc_ac97_ops.write(codec->ac97, reg, val);
 	reg = reg >> 1;
 	if (reg < (ARRAY_SIZE(wm9712_reg)))
 		cache[reg] = val;
diff --git a/sound/soc/imx/mx27vis_wm8974.c b/sound/soc/imx/mx27vis_wm8974.c
index 0267d2d9168..07d2a248438 100644
--- a/sound/soc/imx/mx27vis_wm8974.c
+++ b/sound/soc/imx/mx27vis_wm8974.c
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ static int mx27vis_hifi_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = rtd->dai->codec_dai;
 
 	/* disable the PLL */
-	return codec_dai->ops->set_pll(codec_dai, IGNORED_ARG, 0, 0);
+	return codec_dai->ops->set_pll(codec_dai, IGNORED_ARG, IGNORED_ARG,
+				       0, 0);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c b/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
index 9c49c11c43c..42813b80838 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static int fsi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (!res || !irq) {
+	if (!res || (int)irq <= 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Not enough FSI platform resources.\n");
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto exit;