diff --git a/include/sound/tas2781.h b/include/sound/tas2781.h
index a6c808b22318..475294c853aa 100644
--- a/include/sound/tas2781.h
+++ b/include/sound/tas2781.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ struct tasdevice_priv {
 
 void tas2781_reset(struct tasdevice_priv *tas_dev);
 int tascodec_init(struct tasdevice_priv *tas_priv, void *codec,
+	struct module *module,
 	void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context));
 struct tasdevice_priv *tasdevice_kzalloc(struct i2c_client *i2c);
 int tasdevice_init(struct tasdevice_priv *tas_priv);
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/tas2781_hda_i2c.c b/sound/pci/hda/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
index 731664fc8b21..26928d5ae5f7 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int tas2781_hda_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 
 	strscpy(comps->name, dev_name(dev), sizeof(comps->name));
 
-	ret = tascodec_init(tas_hda->priv, codec, tasdev_fw_ready);
+	ret = tascodec_init(tas_hda->priv, codec, THIS_MODULE, tasdev_fw_ready);
 	if (!ret)
 		comps->playback_hook = tas2781_hda_playback_hook;
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-comlib.c b/sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-comlib.c
index 00e35169ae49..add16302f711 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-comlib.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-comlib.c
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ void tas2781_reset(struct tasdevice_priv *tas_dev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tas2781_reset);
 
 int tascodec_init(struct tasdevice_priv *tas_priv, void *codec,
+	struct module *module,
 	void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context))
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ int tascodec_init(struct tasdevice_priv *tas_priv, void *codec,
 		tas_priv->dev_name, tas_priv->ndev);
 	crc8_populate_msb(tas_priv->crc8_lkp_tbl, TASDEVICE_CRC8_POLYNOMIAL);
 	tas_priv->codec = codec;
-	ret = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_UEVENT,
+	ret = request_firmware_nowait(module, FW_ACTION_UEVENT,
 		tas_priv->rca_binaryname, tas_priv->dev, GFP_KERNEL, tas_priv,
 		cont);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-i2c.c b/sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-i2c.c
index 917b1c15f71d..2f7f8b18c36f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-i2c.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-i2c.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static int tasdevice_codec_probe(struct snd_soc_component *codec)
 {
 	struct tasdevice_priv *tas_priv = snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(codec);
 
-	return tascodec_init(tas_priv, codec, tasdevice_fw_ready);
+	return tascodec_init(tas_priv, codec, THIS_MODULE, tasdevice_fw_ready);
 }
 
 static void tasdevice_deinit(void *context)