diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai-ops.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai-ops.c
index d3e168ad1180..1afdb06499a3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai-ops.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dai-ops.c
@@ -145,17 +145,9 @@ static struct hdac_ext_stream *hda_assign_hext_stream(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 						      struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai,
 						      struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = snd_soc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
-	struct snd_soc_dai *dai;
 	struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream;
 
-	/* only allocate a stream_tag for the first DAI in the dailink */
-	dai = snd_soc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, 0);
-	if (dai == cpu_dai)
-		hext_stream = hda_link_stream_assign(sof_to_bus(sdev), substream);
-	else
-		hext_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(dai, substream);
-
+	hext_stream = hda_link_stream_assign(sof_to_bus(sdev), substream);
 	if (!hext_stream)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -168,14 +160,9 @@ static void hda_release_hext_stream(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, struct snd_soc_dai
 				    struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream = hda_get_hext_stream(sdev, cpu_dai, substream);
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = snd_soc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
-	struct snd_soc_dai *dai;
 
-	/* only release a stream_tag for the first DAI in the dailink */
-	dai = snd_soc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, 0);
-	if (dai == cpu_dai)
-		snd_hdac_ext_stream_release(hext_stream, HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_LINK);
 	snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream, NULL);
+	snd_hdac_ext_stream_release(hext_stream, HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_LINK);
 }
 
 static void hda_setup_hext_stream(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, struct hdac_ext_stream *hext_stream,