diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
index 9834474684b1babedccd1c10256e3535bf109087..8d3758f862f109856bc4aed4123d25469a5423b6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ static const struct of_device_id rsnd_of_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "renesas,rcar_sound-gen1", .data = (void *)RSND_GEN1 },
 	{ .compatible = "renesas,rcar_sound-gen2", .data = (void *)RSND_GEN2 },
 	{ .compatible = "renesas,rcar_sound-gen3", .data = (void *)RSND_GEN3 },
+	/* Special Handling */
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,rcar_sound-r8a77990", .data = (void *)(RSND_GEN3 | RSND_SOC_E) },
 	{},
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, rsnd_of_match);
diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h
index 90625c57847b51281c5b38f81f8ab062a70a3785..0e6ef4e1840021d00c94089ca8522c956d4bb813 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h
@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ struct rsnd_priv {
 #define RSND_GEN1	(1 << 0)
 #define RSND_GEN2	(2 << 0)
 #define RSND_GEN3	(3 << 0)
+#define RSND_SOC_MASK	(0xFF << 4)
+#define RSND_SOC_E	(1 << 4) /* E1/E2/E3 */
 
 	/*
 	 * below value will be filled on rsnd_gen_probe()
@@ -679,6 +681,9 @@ struct rsnd_priv {
 #define rsnd_is_gen1(priv)	(((priv)->flags & RSND_GEN_MASK) == RSND_GEN1)
 #define rsnd_is_gen2(priv)	(((priv)->flags & RSND_GEN_MASK) == RSND_GEN2)
 #define rsnd_is_gen3(priv)	(((priv)->flags & RSND_GEN_MASK) == RSND_GEN3)
+#define rsnd_is_e3(priv)	(((priv)->flags & \
+					(RSND_GEN_MASK | RSND_SOC_MASK)) == \
+					(RSND_GEN3 | RSND_SOC_E))
 
 #define rsnd_flags_has(p, f) ((p)->flags & (f))
 #define rsnd_flags_set(p, f) ((p)->flags |= (f))
diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c
index db81e066b92ef98902d4433e939b25ab0a635625..45096a66c07433582f08194a02b56a911151877c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "rsnd.h"
-#include <linux/sys_soc.h>
 
 #define SRC_NAME "src"
 
@@ -189,18 +188,12 @@ const static u32 chan222222[] = {
 	0x00000006, /* 1 to 2 */
 };
 
-static const struct soc_device_attribute ov_soc[] = {
-	{ .soc_id = "r8a77990" }, /* E3 */
-	{ /* sentinel */ }
-};
-
 static void rsnd_src_set_convert_rate(struct rsnd_dai_stream *io,
 				      struct rsnd_mod *mod)
 {
 	struct rsnd_priv *priv = rsnd_mod_to_priv(mod);
 	struct device *dev = rsnd_priv_to_dev(priv);
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = rsnd_io_to_runtime(io);
-	const struct soc_device_attribute *soc = soc_device_match(ov_soc);
 	int is_play = rsnd_io_is_play(io);
 	int use_src = 0;
 	u32 fin, fout;
@@ -307,7 +300,7 @@ static void rsnd_src_set_convert_rate(struct rsnd_dai_stream *io,
 	/*
 	 * E3 need to overwrite
 	 */
-	if (soc)
+	if (rsnd_is_e3(priv))
 		switch (rsnd_mod_id(mod)) {
 		case 0:
 		case 4: