diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index dafcf82139e2bbdcdb4bad0539ad6c616661d892..f6e5c4ed03ed5e2a270e8011cf4f1811fe276cc5 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -338,8 +338,10 @@ int snd_hda_get_sub_nodes(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 	unsigned int parm;
 
 	parm = snd_hda_param_read(codec, nid, AC_PAR_NODE_COUNT);
-	if (parm == -1)
+	if (parm == -1) {
+		*start_id = 0;
 		return 0;
+	}
 	*start_id = (parm >> 16) & 0x7fff;
 	return (int)(parm & 0x7fff);
 }