diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index f94b989e7a1a1b6e8c2c14d92f66662a04901e89..1fffbaa819d9ddde6f43d37e629b31499560e89b 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -1125,6 +1125,12 @@ struct snd_soc_card {
 	     ((i) < (card)->num_links) && ((link) = &(card)->dai_link[i]); \
 	     (i)++)
 
+#define for_each_card_links(card, link)				\
+	list_for_each_entry(dai_link, &(card)->dai_link_list, list)
+#define for_each_card_links_safe(card, link, _link)			\
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, _link, &(card)->dai_link_list, list)
+
+
 /* SoC machine DAI configuration, glues a codec and cpu DAI together */
 struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime {
 	struct device *dev;
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 532d8c59ed1e36b4c2682af63a10c76cbea2f231..4951736356421cf144ea2a65a4986c401971d2e8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ struct snd_soc_dai_link *snd_soc_find_dai_link(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&client_mutex);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, _link, &card->dai_link_list, list) {
+	for_each_card_links_safe(card, link, _link) {
 		if (link->id != id)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ static void soc_remove_dai_links(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 			soc_remove_link_components(card, rtd, order);
 	}
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, _link, &card->dai_link_list, list) {
+	for_each_card_links_safe(card, link, _link) {
 		if (link->dobj.type == SND_SOC_DOBJ_DAI_LINK)
 			dev_warn(card->dev, "Topology forgot to remove link %s?\n",
 				link->name);
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ void snd_soc_remove_dai_link(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 	if (dai_link->dobj.type && card->remove_dai_link)
 		card->remove_dai_link(card, dai_link);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, _link, &card->dai_link_list, list) {
+	for_each_card_links_safe(card, link, _link) {
 		if (link == dai_link) {
 			list_del(&link->list);
 			return;
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ static int snd_soc_instantiate_card(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 	/* Find new DAI links added during probing components and bind them.
 	 * Components with topology may bring new DAIs and DAI links.
 	 */
-	list_for_each_entry(dai_link, &card->dai_link_list, list) {
+	for_each_card_links(card, dai_link) {
 		if (soc_is_dai_link_bound(card, dai_link))
 			continue;