diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
index ef1196ea93a4..f966ac33cd3b 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
@@ -1074,7 +1074,6 @@ static int intel_init(struct sdw_intel *sdw)
  */
 static int intel_master_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct sdw_cdns_stream_config config;
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct sdw_intel *sdw;
 	struct sdw_cdns *cdns;
@@ -1112,25 +1111,10 @@ static int intel_master_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (bus->prop.hw_disabled) {
+	if (bus->prop.hw_disabled)
 		dev_info(dev,
 			 "SoundWire master %d is disabled, will be ignored\n",
 			 bus->link_id);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/* Initialize shim, controller and Cadence IP */
-	ret = intel_init(sdw);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_init;
-
-	/* Read the PDI config and initialize cadence PDI */
-	intel_pdi_init(sdw, &config);
-	ret = sdw_cdns_pdi_init(cdns, config);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_init;
-
-	intel_pdi_ch_update(sdw);
 
 	/* Acquire IRQ */
 	ret = request_threaded_irq(sdw->link_res->irq,
@@ -1142,6 +1126,42 @@ static int intel_master_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_init;
 	}
 
+	return 0;
+
+err_init:
+	sdw_bus_master_delete(bus);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int intel_master_startup(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct sdw_cdns_stream_config config;
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	struct sdw_cdns *cdns = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct sdw_intel *sdw = cdns_to_intel(cdns);
+	struct sdw_bus *bus = &cdns->bus;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (bus->prop.hw_disabled) {
+		dev_info(dev,
+			 "SoundWire master %d is disabled, ignoring\n",
+			 sdw->instance);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Initialize shim, controller and Cadence IP */
+	ret = intel_init(sdw);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_init;
+
+	/* Read the PDI config and initialize cadence PDI */
+	intel_pdi_init(sdw, &config);
+	ret = sdw_cdns_pdi_init(cdns, config);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_init;
+
+	intel_pdi_ch_update(sdw);
+
 	ret = sdw_cdns_enable_interrupt(cdns, true);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "cannot enable interrupts\n");
@@ -1168,9 +1188,7 @@ static int intel_master_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 err_interrupt:
 	sdw_cdns_enable_interrupt(cdns, false);
-	free_irq(sdw->link_res->irq, sdw);
 err_init:
-	sdw_bus_master_delete(bus);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1196,12 +1214,12 @@ static struct platform_driver sdw_intel_drv = {
 	.probe = intel_master_probe,
 	.remove = intel_master_remove,
 	.driver = {
-		.name = "int-sdw",
+		.name = "intel-sdw",
 	},
 };
 
 module_platform_driver(sdw_intel_drv);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:int-sdw");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:intel-sdw");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel Soundwire Master Driver");
diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/intel.h b/drivers/soundwire/intel.h
index 001968c362cd..1ff71eb4c219 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/intel.h
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/intel.h
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ struct sdw_intel {
 
 #define SDW_INTEL_QUIRK_MASK_BUS_DISABLE      BIT(1)
 
+int intel_master_startup(struct platform_device *pdev);
+
 #endif /* __SDW_INTEL_LOCAL_H */
diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c b/drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c
index ff1017e64abd..41c06e9bcecb 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c
@@ -24,73 +24,146 @@
 #define SDW_LINK_BASE		0x30000
 #define SDW_LINK_SIZE		0x10000
 
-static int link_mask;
-module_param_named(sdw_link_mask, link_mask, int, 0444);
+static int ctrl_link_mask;
+module_param_named(sdw_link_mask, ctrl_link_mask, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(sdw_link_mask, "Intel link mask (one bit per link)");
 
-static int sdw_intel_cleanup_pdev(struct sdw_intel_ctx *ctx)
+static bool is_link_enabled(struct fwnode_handle *fw_node, int i)
+{
+	struct fwnode_handle *link;
+	char name[32];
+	u32 quirk_mask = 0;
+
+	/* Find master handle */
+	snprintf(name, sizeof(name),
+		 "mipi-sdw-link-%d-subproperties", i);
+
+	link = fwnode_get_named_child_node(fw_node, name);
+	if (!link)
+		return false;
+
+	fwnode_property_read_u32(link,
+				 "intel-quirk-mask",
+				 &quirk_mask);
+
+	if (quirk_mask & SDW_INTEL_QUIRK_MASK_BUS_DISABLE)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int sdw_intel_cleanup(struct sdw_intel_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct sdw_intel_link_res *link = ctx->links;
+	u32 link_mask;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!link)
 		return 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ctx->count; i++) {
+	link_mask = ctx->link_mask;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ctx->count; i++, link++) {
+		if (!(link_mask & BIT(i)))
+			continue;
+
 		if (link->pdev)
 			platform_device_unregister(link->pdev);
-		link++;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct sdw_intel_ctx
-*sdw_intel_add_controller(struct sdw_intel_res *res)
+static int
+sdw_intel_scan_controller(struct sdw_intel_acpi_info *info)
 {
-	struct platform_device_info pdevinfo;
-	struct platform_device *pdev;
-	struct sdw_intel_link_res *link;
-	struct sdw_intel_ctx *ctx;
 	struct acpi_device *adev;
 	int ret, i;
 	u8 count;
-	u32 caps;
 
-	if (acpi_bus_get_device(res->handle, &adev))
-		return NULL;
+	if (acpi_bus_get_device(info->handle, &adev))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Found controller, find links supported */
 	count = 0;
 	ret = fwnode_property_read_u8_array(acpi_fwnode_handle(adev),
 					    "mipi-sdw-master-count", &count, 1);
 
-	/* Don't fail on error, continue and use hw value */
+	/*
+	 * In theory we could check the number of links supported in
+	 * hardware, but in that step we cannot assume SoundWire IP is
+	 * powered.
+	 *
+	 * In addition, if the BIOS doesn't even provide this
+	 * 'master-count' property then all the inits based on link
+	 * masks will fail as well.
+	 *
+	 * We will check the hardware capabilities in the startup() step
+	 */
+
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&adev->dev,
 			"Failed to read mipi-sdw-master-count: %d\n", ret);
-		count = SDW_MAX_LINKS;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* Check SNDWLCAP.LCOUNT */
-	caps = ioread32(res->mmio_base + SDW_SHIM_BASE + SDW_SHIM_LCAP);
-	caps &= GENMASK(2, 0);
-
-	/* Check HW supported vs property value and use min of two */
-	count = min_t(u8, caps, count);
-
 	/* Check count is within bounds */
 	if (count > SDW_MAX_LINKS) {
 		dev_err(&adev->dev, "Link count %d exceeds max %d\n",
 			count, SDW_MAX_LINKS);
-		return NULL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (!count) {
 		dev_warn(&adev->dev, "No SoundWire links detected\n");
-		return NULL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	dev_dbg(&adev->dev, "ACPI reports %d SDW Link devices\n", count);
+
+	info->count = count;
+	info->link_mask = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		if (ctrl_link_mask && !(ctrl_link_mask & BIT(i))) {
+			dev_dbg(&adev->dev,
+				"Link %d masked, will not be enabled\n", i);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!is_link_enabled(acpi_fwnode_handle(adev), i)) {
+			dev_dbg(&adev->dev,
+				"Link %d not selected in firmware\n", i);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		info->link_mask |= BIT(i);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct sdw_intel_ctx
+*sdw_intel_probe_controller(struct sdw_intel_res *res)
+{
+	struct platform_device_info pdevinfo;
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+	struct sdw_intel_link_res *link;
+	struct sdw_intel_ctx *ctx;
+	struct acpi_device *adev;
+	u32 link_mask;
+	int count;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!res)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (acpi_bus_get_device(res->handle, &adev))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!res->count)
+		return NULL;
 
+	count = res->count;
 	dev_dbg(&adev->dev, "Creating %d SDW Link devices\n", count);
 
 	ctx = devm_kzalloc(&adev->dev, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -103,19 +176,25 @@ static struct sdw_intel_ctx
 	if (!ctx->links)
 		return NULL;
 
+	ctx->count = count;
+	ctx->mmio_base = res->mmio_base;
+	ctx->link_mask = res->link_mask;
+	ctx->handle = res->handle;
+
 	link = ctx->links;
+	link_mask = ctx->link_mask;
 
 	/* Create SDW Master devices */
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++, link++) {
 		if (!(link_mask & BIT(i))) {
 			dev_dbg(&adev->dev,
 				"Link %d masked, will not be enabled\n", i);
-			link++;
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		link->mmio_base = res->mmio_base;
 		link->registers = res->mmio_base + SDW_LINK_BASE
-					+ (SDW_LINK_SIZE * i);
+			+ (SDW_LINK_SIZE * i);
 		link->shim = res->mmio_base + SDW_SHIM_BASE;
 		link->alh = res->mmio_base + SDW_ALH_BASE;
 
@@ -125,7 +204,7 @@ static struct sdw_intel_ctx
 		memset(&pdevinfo, 0, sizeof(pdevinfo));
 
 		pdevinfo.parent = res->parent;
-		pdevinfo.name = "int-sdw";
+		pdevinfo.name = "intel-sdw";
 		pdevinfo.id = i;
 		pdevinfo.fwnode = acpi_fwnode_handle(adev);
 		pdevinfo.data = link;
@@ -136,25 +215,63 @@ static struct sdw_intel_ctx
 			dev_err(&adev->dev,
 				"platform device creation failed: %ld\n",
 				PTR_ERR(pdev));
-			goto pdev_err;
+			goto err;
 		}
-
 		link->pdev = pdev;
-		link++;
 	}
 
 	return ctx;
 
-pdev_err:
+err:
 	ctx->count = i;
-	sdw_intel_cleanup_pdev(ctx);
+	sdw_intel_cleanup(ctx);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int
+sdw_intel_startup_controller(struct sdw_intel_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct acpi_device *adev;
+	struct sdw_intel_link_res *link;
+	u32 caps;
+	u32 link_mask;
+	int i;
+
+	if (acpi_bus_get_device(ctx->handle, &adev))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Check SNDWLCAP.LCOUNT */
+	caps = ioread32(ctx->mmio_base + SDW_SHIM_BASE + SDW_SHIM_LCAP);
+	caps &= GENMASK(2, 0);
+
+	/* Check HW supported vs property value */
+	if (caps < ctx->count) {
+		dev_err(&adev->dev,
+			"BIOS master count is larger than hardware capabilities\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!ctx->links)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	link = ctx->links;
+	link_mask = ctx->link_mask;
+
+	/* Startup SDW Master devices */
+	for (i = 0; i < ctx->count; i++, link++) {
+		if (!(link_mask & BIT(i)))
+			continue;
+
+		intel_master_startup(link->pdev);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static acpi_status sdw_intel_acpi_cb(acpi_handle handle, u32 level,
 				     void *cdata, void **return_value)
 {
-	struct sdw_intel_res *res = cdata;
+	struct sdw_intel_acpi_info *info = cdata;
 	struct acpi_device *adev;
 	acpi_status status;
 	u64 adr;
@@ -168,7 +285,7 @@ static acpi_status sdw_intel_acpi_cb(acpi_handle handle, u32 level,
 		return AE_NOT_FOUND;
 	}
 
-	res->handle = handle;
+	info->handle = handle;
 
 	/*
 	 * On some Intel platforms, multiple children of the HDAS
@@ -185,36 +302,69 @@ static acpi_status sdw_intel_acpi_cb(acpi_handle handle, u32 level,
 }
 
 /**
- * sdw_intel_init() - SoundWire Intel init routine
+ * sdw_intel_acpi_scan() - SoundWire Intel init routine
  * @parent_handle: ACPI parent handle
- * @res: resource data
+ * @info: description of what firmware/DSDT tables expose
  *
- * This scans the namespace and creates SoundWire link controller devices
- * based on the info queried.
+ * This scans the namespace and queries firmware to figure out which
+ * links to enable. A follow-up use of sdw_intel_probe() and
+ * sdw_intel_startup() is required for creation of devices and bus
+ * startup
  */
-void *sdw_intel_init(acpi_handle *parent_handle, struct sdw_intel_res *res)
+int sdw_intel_acpi_scan(acpi_handle *parent_handle,
+			struct sdw_intel_acpi_info *info)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 
 	status = acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE,
 				     parent_handle, 1,
 				     sdw_intel_acpi_cb,
-				     NULL, res, NULL);
+				     NULL, info, NULL);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
-		return NULL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return sdw_intel_add_controller(res);
+	return sdw_intel_scan_controller(info);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sdw_intel_acpi_scan);
 
+/**
+ * sdw_intel_probe() - SoundWire Intel probe routine
+ * @res: resource data
+ *
+ * This registers a platform device for each Master handled by the controller,
+ * and SoundWire Master and Slave devices will be created by the platform
+ * device probe. All the information necessary is stored in the context, and
+ * the res argument pointer can be freed after this step.
+ * This function will be called after sdw_intel_acpi_scan() by SOF probe.
+ */
+struct sdw_intel_ctx
+*sdw_intel_probe(struct sdw_intel_res *res)
+{
+	return sdw_intel_probe_controller(res);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sdw_intel_probe);
+
+/**
+ * sdw_intel_startup() - SoundWire Intel startup
+ * @ctx: SoundWire context allocated in the probe
+ *
+ * Startup Intel SoundWire controller. This function will be called after
+ * Intel Audio DSP is powered up.
+ */
+int sdw_intel_startup(struct sdw_intel_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	return sdw_intel_startup_controller(ctx);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sdw_intel_startup);
 /**
  * sdw_intel_exit() - SoundWire Intel exit
- * @arg: callback context
+ * @ctx: SoundWire context allocated in the probe
  *
  * Delete the controller instances created and cleanup
  */
 void sdw_intel_exit(struct sdw_intel_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	sdw_intel_cleanup_pdev(ctx);
+	sdw_intel_cleanup(ctx);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sdw_intel_exit);
 
