diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/ak4104.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/ak4104.txt
index 1f8e5066d443..b902ee39cf89 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/ak4104.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/ak4104.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Required properties:
 
   - reg : The chip select number on the SPI bus
 
+Optional properties:
+
+  - reset-gpio : a GPIO spec for the reset pin. If specified, it will be
+		 deasserted before communication to the device starts.
+
 Example:
 
 spdif: ak4104@0 {
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/ak4104.c b/sound/soc/codecs/ak4104.c
index d4d485808894..eec086b226f7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/ak4104.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/ak4104.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <sound/soc.h>
 #include <sound/initval.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/of_device.h>
+#include <linux/of_gpio.h>
 #include <sound/asoundef.h>
 
 /* AK4104 registers addresses */
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ static const struct regmap_config ak4104_regmap = {
 
 static int ak4104_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
+	struct device_node *np = spi->dev.of_node;
 	struct ak4104_private *ak4104;
 	unsigned int val;
 	int ret;
@@ -225,6 +228,20 @@ static int ak4104_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (np) {
+		enum of_gpio_flags flags;
+		int gpio = of_get_named_gpio_flags(np, "reset-gpio", 0, &flags);
+
+		if (gpio_is_valid(gpio)) {
+			ret = devm_gpio_request_one(&spi->dev, gpio,
+				     flags & OF_GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW ?
+					GPIOF_OUT_INIT_LOW : GPIOF_OUT_INIT_HIGH,
+				     "ak4104 reset");
+			if (ret < 0)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* read the 'reserved' register - according to the datasheet, it
 	 * should contain 0x5b. Not a good way to verify the presence of
 	 * the device, but there is no hardware ID register. */