/* power management */
        unsigned int num_pwrs;
        hda_nid_t *pwr_nids;
+       hda_nid_t *dac_list;
 
        /* playback */
        struct hda_input_mux *mono_mux;
         0x15, 0x16, 0x17
 };
 
+static hda_nid_t stac927x_dac_nids[6] = {
+       0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0
+};
+
 static hda_nid_t stac927x_dmux_nids[1] = {
        0x1b,
 };
        return 0; /* nid is not a HP-Out */
 };
 
+static void stac92xx_power_down(struct hda_codec *codec)
+{
+       struct sigmatel_spec *spec = codec->spec;
+
+       /* power down inactive DACs */
+       hda_nid_t *dac;
+       for (dac = spec->dac_list; *dac; dac++)
+               if (!is_in_dac_nids(spec, *dac))
+                       snd_hda_codec_write_cache(codec, *dac, 0,
+                                       AC_VERB_SET_POWER_STATE, AC_PWRST_D3);
+}
+
 static int stac92xx_init(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
        struct sigmatel_spec *spec = codec->spec;
                enable_pin_detect(codec, spec->pwr_nids[i], event | i);
                codec->patch_ops.unsol_event(codec, (event | i) << 26);
        }
-
+       if (spec->dac_list)
+               stac92xx_power_down(codec);
        if (cfg->dig_out_pin)
                stac92xx_auto_set_pinctl(codec, cfg->dig_out_pin,
                                         AC_PINCTL_OUT_EN);
                spec->gpio_dir, spec->gpio_data);
        snd_hda_codec_resume_amp(codec);
        snd_hda_codec_resume_cache(codec);
+       /* power down inactive DACs */
+       if (spec->dac_list)
+               stac92xx_power_down(codec);
        /* invoke unsolicited event to reset the HP state */
        if (spec->hp_detect)
                codec->patch_ops.unsol_event(codec, STAC_HP_EVENT << 26);
        spec->num_adcs = ARRAY_SIZE(stac927x_adc_nids);
        spec->mux_nids = stac927x_mux_nids;
        spec->num_muxes = ARRAY_SIZE(stac927x_mux_nids);
+       spec->dac_list = stac927x_dac_nids;
        spec->multiout.dac_nids = spec->dac_nids;
 
        switch (spec->board_config) {