diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index c827a2a89cc3..c67fadd5aae5 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -2604,9 +2604,12 @@ static int alloc_intel_hdmi(struct hda_codec *codec)
 /* parse and post-process for Intel codecs */
 static int parse_intel_hdmi(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err, retries = 3;
+
+	do {
+		err = hdmi_parse_codec(codec);
+	} while (err < 0 && retries--);
 
-	err = hdmi_parse_codec(codec);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		generic_spec_free(codec);
 		return err;