diff --git a/include/sound/hda_chmap.h b/include/sound/hda_chmap.h
index 7afffb9..f7fd752 100644
--- a/include/sound/hda_chmap.h
+++ b/include/sound/hda_chmap.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 #include <sound/hdaudio.h>
 
+
+#define SND_PRINT_CHANNEL_ALLOCATION_ADVISED_BUFSIZE 80
+
 struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation {
 	int ca_index;
 	int speakers[8];
@@ -24,12 +27,13 @@ struct hdac_chmap_ops {
 	 */
 	int (*chmap_cea_alloc_validate_get_type)(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
 		struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation *cap, int channels);
-	void (*cea_alloc_to_tlv_chmap)
-		(struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation *cap,
+	void (*cea_alloc_to_tlv_chmap)(struct hdac_chmap *hchmap,
+		struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation *cap,
 		unsigned int *chmap, int channels);
 
 	/* check that the user-given chmap is supported */
-	int (*chmap_validate)(int ca, int channels, unsigned char *chmap);
+	int (*chmap_validate)(struct hdac_chmap *hchmap, int ca,
+			int channels, unsigned char *chmap);
 
 	void (*get_chmap)(struct hdac_device *hdac, int pcm_idx,
 					unsigned char *chmap);
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index 5dfc839..b1600d1 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -696,8 +696,8 @@ static int get_channel_allocation_order(int ca)
  *
  * TODO: it could select the wrong CA from multiple candidates.
 */
-static int hdmi_channel_allocation(struct hda_codec *codec,
-				   struct hdmi_eld *eld, int channels)
+static int hdmi_channel_allocation_spk_alloc_blk(struct hdac_device *codec,
+				   int spk_alloc, int channels)
 {
 	int i;
 	int ca = 0;
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static int hdmi_channel_allocation(struct hda_codec *codec,
 	 * expand ELD's notions to match the ones used by Audio InfoFrame.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eld_speaker_allocation_bits); i++) {
-		if (eld->info.spk_alloc & (1 << i))
+		if (spk_alloc & (1 << i))
 			spk_mask |= eld_speaker_allocation_bits[i];
 	}
 
@@ -742,36 +742,34 @@ static int hdmi_channel_allocation(struct hda_codec *codec,
 		}
 	}
 
-	snd_print_channel_allocation(eld->info.spk_alloc, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	codec_dbg(codec, "HDMI: select CA 0x%x for %d-channel allocation: %s\n",
+	snd_print_channel_allocation(spk_alloc, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	dev_dbg(&codec->dev, "HDMI: select CA 0x%x for %d-channel allocation: %s\n",
 		    ca, channels, buf);
 
 	return ca;
 }
 
-static void hdmi_debug_channel_mapping(struct hda_codec *codec,
+static void hdmi_debug_channel_mapping(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
 				       hda_nid_t pin_nid)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE
-	struct hdmi_spec *spec = codec->spec;
 	int i;
 	int channel;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
-		channel = spec->chmap.ops.pin_get_slot_channel(
-				&codec->core, pin_nid, i);
-		codec_dbg(codec, "HDMI: ASP channel %d => slot %d\n",
+		channel = chmap->ops.pin_get_slot_channel(
+				chmap->hdac, pin_nid, i);
+		dev_dbg(&chmap->hdac->dev, "HDMI: ASP channel %d => slot %d\n",
 						channel, i);
 	}
 #endif
 }
 
-static void hdmi_std_setup_channel_mapping(struct hda_codec *codec,
+static void hdmi_std_setup_channel_mapping(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
 				       hda_nid_t pin_nid,
 				       bool non_pcm,
 				       int ca)
 {
-	struct hdmi_spec *spec = codec->spec;
 	struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation *ch_alloc;
 	int i;
 	int err;
@@ -807,10 +805,10 @@ static void hdmi_std_setup_channel_mapping(struct hda_codec *codec,
 		int slotsetup = non_pcm ? non_pcm_mapping[i] : hdmi_channel_mapping[ca][i];
 		int hdmi_slot = slotsetup & 0x0f;
 		int channel = (slotsetup & 0xf0) >> 4;
-		err = spec->chmap.ops.pin_set_slot_channel(
-				&codec->core, pin_nid, hdmi_slot, channel);
+		err = chmap->ops.pin_set_slot_channel(chmap->hdac,
+				pin_nid, hdmi_slot, channel);
 		if (err) {
-			codec_dbg(codec, "HDMI: channel mapping failed\n");
+			dev_dbg(&chmap->hdac->dev, "HDMI: channel mapping failed\n");
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -912,12 +910,11 @@ static int hdmi_manual_channel_allocation(int chs, unsigned char *map)
 }
 
 /* set up the channel slots for the given ALSA API channel map */
-static int hdmi_manual_setup_channel_mapping(struct hda_codec *codec,
+static int hdmi_manual_setup_channel_mapping(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
 					     hda_nid_t pin_nid,
 					     int chs, unsigned char *map,
 					     int ca)
 {
-	struct hdmi_spec *spec = codec->spec;
 	int ordered_ca = get_channel_allocation_order(ca);
 	int alsa_pos, hdmi_slot;
 	int assignments[8] = {[0 ... 7] = 0xf};
@@ -935,7 +932,7 @@ static int hdmi_manual_setup_channel_mapping(struct hda_codec *codec,
 	for (hdmi_slot = 0; hdmi_slot < 8; hdmi_slot++) {
 		int err;
 
-		err = spec->chmap.ops.pin_set_slot_channel(&codec->core,
+		err = chmap->ops.pin_set_slot_channel(chmap->hdac,
 				pin_nid, hdmi_slot, assignments[hdmi_slot]);
 		if (err)
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -956,20 +953,20 @@ static void hdmi_setup_fake_chmap(unsigned char *map, int ca)
 	}
 }
 
-static void hdmi_setup_channel_mapping(struct hda_codec *codec,
+static void hdmi_setup_channel_mapping(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
 				       hda_nid_t pin_nid, bool non_pcm, int ca,
 				       int channels, unsigned char *map,
 				       bool chmap_set)
 {
 	if (!non_pcm && chmap_set) {
-		hdmi_manual_setup_channel_mapping(codec, pin_nid,
+		hdmi_manual_setup_channel_mapping(chmap, pin_nid,
 						  channels, map, ca);
 	} else {
-		hdmi_std_setup_channel_mapping(codec, pin_nid, non_pcm, ca);
+		hdmi_std_setup_channel_mapping(chmap, pin_nid, non_pcm, ca);
 		hdmi_setup_fake_chmap(map, ca);
 	}
 
-	hdmi_debug_channel_mapping(codec, pin_nid);
+	hdmi_debug_channel_mapping(chmap, pin_nid);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1142,6 +1139,35 @@ static void hdmi_pin_setup_infoframe(struct hda_codec *codec,
 	}
 }
 
+static int hdmi_get_active_channels(int ca)
+{
+	int ordered_ca = get_channel_allocation_order(ca);
+
+	return channel_allocations[ordered_ca].channels;
+}
+
+static struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation *hdmi_get_ch_alloc_from_ca(int ca)
+{
+	return &channel_allocations[get_channel_allocation_order(ca)];
+}
+
+static int hdmi_channel_allocation(struct hdac_device *hdac, int spk_alloc,
+		int channels, bool chmap_set, bool non_pcm, unsigned char *map)
+{
+	int ca;
+
+	if (!non_pcm && chmap_set)
+		ca = hdmi_manual_channel_allocation(channels, map);
+	else
+		ca = hdmi_channel_allocation_spk_alloc_blk(hdac,
+					spk_alloc, channels);
+
+	if (ca < 0)
+		ca = 0;
+
+	return ca;
+}
+
 static void hdmi_setup_audio_infoframe(struct hda_codec *codec,
 				       struct hdmi_spec_per_pin *per_pin,
 				       bool non_pcm)
@@ -1152,7 +1178,7 @@ static void hdmi_setup_audio_infoframe(struct hda_codec *codec,
 	int channels = per_pin->channels;
 	int active_channels;
 	struct hdmi_eld *eld;
-	int ca, ordered_ca;
+	int ca;
 
 	if (!channels)
 		return;
@@ -1164,15 +1190,11 @@ static void hdmi_setup_audio_infoframe(struct hda_codec *codec,
 
 	eld = &per_pin->sink_eld;
 
-	if (!non_pcm && per_pin->chmap_set)
-		ca = hdmi_manual_channel_allocation(channels, per_pin->chmap);
-	else
-		ca = hdmi_channel_allocation(codec, eld, channels);
-	if (ca < 0)
-		ca = 0;
+	ca = hdmi_channel_allocation(&codec->core,
+			eld->info.spk_alloc, channels,
+			per_pin->chmap_set, non_pcm, per_pin->chmap);
 
-	ordered_ca = get_channel_allocation_order(ca);
-	active_channels = channel_allocations[ordered_ca].channels;
+	active_channels = hdmi_get_active_channels(ca);
 
 	chmap->ops.set_channel_count(&codec->core, per_pin->cvt_nid,
 						active_channels);
@@ -1181,9 +1203,9 @@ static void hdmi_setup_audio_infoframe(struct hda_codec *codec,
 	 * always configure channel mapping, it may have been changed by the
 	 * user in the meantime
 	 */
-	hdmi_setup_channel_mapping(codec, pin_nid, non_pcm, ca,
-				   channels, per_pin->chmap,
-				   per_pin->chmap_set);
+	hdmi_setup_channel_mapping(&spec->chmap,
+				pin_nid, non_pcm, ca, channels,
+				per_pin->chmap, per_pin->chmap_set);
 
 	spec->ops.pin_setup_infoframe(codec, pin_nid, ca, active_channels,
 				      eld->info.conn_type);
@@ -2336,7 +2358,7 @@ static int hdmi_chmap_cea_alloc_validate_get_type(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
 	return SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_CHMAP_VAR;
 }
 
-static void hdmi_cea_alloc_to_tlv_chmap(
+static void hdmi_cea_alloc_to_tlv_chmap(struct hdac_chmap *hchmap,
 		struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation *cap,
 		unsigned int *chmap, int channels)
 {
@@ -2430,7 +2452,8 @@ static int hdmi_chmap_ctl_tlv(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, int op_flag,
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			size -= chs_bytes;
 			count += chs_bytes;
-			chmap->ops.cea_alloc_to_tlv_chmap(cap, tlv_chmap, chs);
+			chmap->ops.cea_alloc_to_tlv_chmap(chmap, cap,
+						tlv_chmap, chs);
 			if (copy_to_user(dst, tlv_chmap, chs_bytes))
 				return -EFAULT;
 			dst += chs;
@@ -2501,7 +2524,8 @@ static int hdmi_chmap_ctl_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	if (ca < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (hchmap->ops.chmap_validate) {
-		err = hchmap->ops.chmap_validate(ca, ARRAY_SIZE(chmap), chmap);
+		err = hchmap->ops.chmap_validate(hchmap, ca,
+				ARRAY_SIZE(chmap), chmap);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
@@ -3494,7 +3518,8 @@ static int nvhdmi_chmap_cea_alloc_validate_get_type(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
 				chmap, cap, channels);
 }
 
-static int nvhdmi_chmap_validate(int ca, int chs, unsigned char *map)
+static int nvhdmi_chmap_validate(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
+		int ca, int chs, unsigned char *map)
 {
 	if (ca == 0x00 && (map[0] != SNDRV_CHMAP_FL || map[1] != SNDRV_CHMAP_FR))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3764,14 +3789,15 @@ static int atihdmi_paired_swap_fc_lfe(int pos)
 	return pos;
 }
 
-static int atihdmi_paired_chmap_validate(int ca, int chs, unsigned char *map)
+static int atihdmi_paired_chmap_validate(struct hdac_chmap *chmap,
+			int ca, int chs, unsigned char *map)
 {
 	struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation *cap;
 	int i, j;
 
 	/* check that only channel pairs need to be remapped on old pre-rev3 ATI/AMD */
 
-	cap = &channel_allocations[get_channel_allocation_order(ca)];
+	cap = hdmi_get_ch_alloc_from_ca(ca);
 	for (i = 0; i < chs; ++i) {
 		int mask = to_spk_mask(map[i]);
 		bool ok = false;
@@ -3907,7 +3933,7 @@ static int atihdmi_paired_chmap_cea_alloc_validate_get_type(
 	return SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_CHMAP_PAIRED;
 }
 
-static void atihdmi_paired_cea_alloc_to_tlv_chmap(
+static void atihdmi_paired_cea_alloc_to_tlv_chmap(struct hdac_chmap *hchmap,
 		struct hdac_cea_channel_speaker_allocation *cap,
 		unsigned int *chmap, int channels)
 {
