diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/Makefile b/drivers/staging/greybus/Makefile
index 627e44f2a983..3b4b6cabff19 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GREYBUS_VIBRATOR)	+= gb-vibrator.o
 
 # Greybus Audio is a bunch of modules
 gb-audio-module-y	:= audio_module.o audio_topology.o
-gb-audio-codec-y	:= audio_codec.o
+gb-audio-codec-y	:= audio_codec.o audio_helper.o
 gb-audio-gb-y		:= audio_gb.o
 gb-audio-apbridgea-y	:= audio_apbridgea.o
 gb-audio-manager-y	:= audio_manager.o audio_manager_module.o
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
index bbd072acda5c..866b3342515f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "audio_codec.h"
 #include "audio_apbridgea.h"
 #include "audio_manager.h"
+#include "audio_helper.h"
 
 static struct gbaudio_codec_info *gbcodec;
 
@@ -874,7 +875,7 @@ int gbaudio_register_module(struct gbaudio_module_info *module)
 
 	/* card already instantiated, create widgets here only */
 	if (component->card->instantiated) {
-		snd_soc_dapm_link_component_dai_widgets(component->card,
+		gbaudio_dapm_link_component_dai_widgets(component->card,
 							&component->dapm);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SND_JACK
 		/*
@@ -1004,19 +1005,23 @@ void gbaudio_unregister_module(struct gbaudio_module_info *module)
 	if (module->dapm_routes) {
 		dev_dbg(component->dev, "Removing %d routes\n",
 			module->num_dapm_routes);
+		/* verify routes with controls are removed */
 		snd_soc_dapm_del_routes(&component->dapm, module->dapm_routes,
 					module->num_dapm_routes);
 	}
 	if (module->controls) {
 		dev_dbg(component->dev, "Removing %d controls\n",
 			module->num_controls);
-		snd_soc_remove_codec_controls(component, module->controls,
-					      module->num_controls);
+		/* release control semaphore */
+		up_write(&card->controls_rwsem);
+		gbaudio_remove_component_controls(component, module->controls,
+						  module->num_controls);
+		down_write(&card->controls_rwsem);
 	}
 	if (module->dapm_widgets) {
 		dev_dbg(component->dev, "Removing %d widgets\n",
 			module->num_dapm_widgets);
-		snd_soc_dapm_free_controls(&component->dapm,
+		gbaudio_dapm_free_controls(&component->dapm,
 					   module->dapm_widgets,
 					   module->num_dapm_widgets);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e2f113a811ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Greybus Audio Sound SoC helper APIs
+ */
+
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <sound/core.h>
+#include <sound/soc.h>
+#include <sound/soc-dapm.h>
+
+#define gbaudio_dapm_for_each_direction(dir) \
+	for ((dir) = SND_SOC_DAPM_DIR_IN; (dir) <= SND_SOC_DAPM_DIR_OUT; \
+		(dir)++)
+
+static void gbaudio_dapm_link_dai_widget(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *dai_w,
+					 struct snd_soc_card *card)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w;
+	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *src, *sink;
+	struct snd_soc_dai *dai = dai_w->priv;
+
+	/* ...find all widgets with the same stream and link them */
+	list_for_each_entry(w, &card->widgets, list) {
+		if (w->dapm != dai_w->dapm)
+			continue;
+
+		switch (w->id) {
+		case snd_soc_dapm_dai_in:
+		case snd_soc_dapm_dai_out:
+			continue;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!w->sname || !strstr(w->sname, dai_w->sname))
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * check if widget is already linked,
+		 * if (w->linked)
+		 *	return;
+		 */
+
+		if (dai_w->id == snd_soc_dapm_dai_in) {
+			src = dai_w;
+			sink = w;
+		} else {
+			src = w;
+			sink = dai_w;
+		}
+		dev_dbg(dai->dev, "%s -> %s\n", src->name, sink->name);
+		/* Add the DAPM path and set widget's linked status
+		 * snd_soc_dapm_add_path(w->dapm, src, sink, NULL, NULL);
+		 * w->linked = 1;
+		 */
+	}
+}
+
+int gbaudio_dapm_link_component_dai_widgets(struct snd_soc_card *card,
+					    struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *dai_w;
+
+	/* For each DAI widget... */
+	list_for_each_entry(dai_w, &card->widgets, list) {
+		if (dai_w->dapm != dapm)
+			continue;
+		switch (dai_w->id) {
+		case snd_soc_dapm_dai_in:
+		case snd_soc_dapm_dai_out:
+			break;
+		default:
+			continue;
+		}
+		gbaudio_dapm_link_dai_widget(dai_w, card);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void gbaudio_dapm_free_path(struct snd_soc_dapm_path *path)
+{
+	list_del(&path->list_node[SND_SOC_DAPM_DIR_IN]);
+	list_del(&path->list_node[SND_SOC_DAPM_DIR_OUT]);
+	list_del(&path->list_kcontrol);
+	list_del(&path->list);
+	kfree(path);
+}
+
+static void gbaudio_dapm_free_widget(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_dapm_path *p, *next_p;
+	enum snd_soc_dapm_direction dir;
+
+	list_del(&w->list);
+	/*
+	 * remove source and sink paths associated to this widget.
+	 * While removing the path, remove reference to it from both
+	 * source and sink widgets so that path is removed only once.
+	 */
+	gbaudio_dapm_for_each_direction(dir) {
+		snd_soc_dapm_widget_for_each_path_safe(w, dir, p, next_p)
+			gbaudio_dapm_free_path(p);
+	}
+
+	kfree(w->kcontrols);
+	kfree_const(w->name);
+	kfree_const(w->sname);
+	kfree(w);
+}
+
+int gbaudio_dapm_free_controls(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm,
+			       const struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *widget,
+			       int num)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w, *next_w;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	struct dentry *parent = dapm->debugfs_dapm;
+	struct dentry *debugfs_w = NULL;
+#endif
+
+	mutex_lock(&dapm->card->dapm_mutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		/* below logic can be optimized to identify widget pointer */
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(w, next_w, &dapm->card->widgets,
+					 list) {
+			if (w->dapm != dapm)
+				continue;
+			if (!strcmp(w->name, widget->name))
+				break;
+			w = NULL;
+		}
+		if (!w) {
+			dev_err(dapm->dev, "%s: widget not found\n",
+				widget->name);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		widget++;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+		if (!parent)
+			debugfs_w = debugfs_lookup(w->name, parent);
+		debugfs_remove(debugfs_w);
+		debugfs_w = NULL;
+#endif
+		gbaudio_dapm_free_widget(w);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dapm->card->dapm_mutex);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int gbaudio_remove_controls(struct snd_card *card, struct device *dev,
+				   const struct snd_kcontrol_new *controls,
+				   int num_controls, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int i, err;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_controls; i++) {
+		const struct snd_kcontrol_new *control = &controls[i];
+		struct snd_ctl_elem_id id;
+		struct snd_kcontrol *kctl;
+
+		if (prefix)
+			snprintf(id.name, sizeof(id.name), "%s %s", prefix,
+				 control->name);
+		else
+			strlcpy(id.name, control->name, sizeof(id.name));
+		id.numid = 0;
+		id.iface = control->iface;
+		id.device = control->device;
+		id.subdevice = control->subdevice;
+		id.index = control->index;
+		kctl = snd_ctl_find_id(card, &id);
+		if (!kctl) {
+			dev_err(dev, "%d: Failed to find %s\n", err,
+				control->name);
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
+		err = snd_ctl_remove(card, kctl);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			dev_err(dev, "%d: Failed to remove %s\n", err,
+				control->name);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int gbaudio_remove_component_controls(struct snd_soc_component *component,
+				      const struct snd_kcontrol_new *controls,
+				      unsigned int num_controls)
+{
+	struct snd_card *card = component->card->snd_card;
+
+	return gbaudio_remove_controls(card, component->dev, controls,
+				       num_controls, component->name_prefix);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.h b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cf1c6d7d3ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Greybus Audio Sound SoC helper APIs
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_GBAUDIO_HELPER_H
+#define __LINUX_GBAUDIO_HELPER_H
+
+int gbaudio_dapm_link_component_dai_widgets(struct snd_soc_card *card,
+					    struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm);
+int gbaudio_dapm_free_controls(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm,
+			       const struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *widget,
+			       int num);
+int gbaudio_remove_component_controls(struct snd_soc_component *component,
+				      const struct snd_kcontrol_new *controls,
+				      unsigned int num_controls);
+#endif
