--- 4d47bc4f74284764ec24434167371d3245009df8
+++ 10c7550393ba93be17886d637aec0ad7aaacc362
@@ -90,12 +90,10 @@ static int ak4104_spi_write(struct snd_s
 	if (reg >= codec->reg_cache_size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	reg &= AK4104_REG_MASK;
-	reg |= AK4104_WRITE;
-
 	/* only write to the hardware if value has changed */
 	if (cache[reg] != value) {
-		u8 tmp[2] = { reg, value };
+		u8 tmp[2] = { (reg & AK4104_REG_MASK) | AK4104_WRITE, value };
+
 		if (spi_write(spi, tmp, sizeof(tmp))) {
 			dev_err(&spi->dev, "SPI write failed\n");
 			return -EIO;