diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c b/sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c
index 1ab356a..1c3b20f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c
@@ -1468,6 +1468,31 @@
 	.num_reg_defaults = ARRAY_SIZE(sgtl5000_reg_defaults),
 };
 
+/*
+ * Write all the default values from sgtl5000_reg_defaults[] array into the
+ * sgtl5000 registers, to make sure we always start with the sane registers
+ * values as stated in the datasheet.
+ *
+ * Since sgtl5000 does not have a reset line, nor a reset command in software,
+ * we follow this approach to guarantee we always start from the default values
+ * and avoid problems like, not being able to probe after an audio playback
+ * followed by a system reset or a 'reboot' command in Linux
+ */
+static int sgtl5000_fill_defaults(struct sgtl5000_priv *sgtl5000)
+{
+	int i, ret, val, index;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sgtl5000_reg_defaults); i++) {
+		val = sgtl5000_reg_defaults[i].def;
+		index = sgtl5000_reg_defaults[i].reg;
+		ret = regmap_write(sgtl5000->regmap, index, val);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int sgtl5000_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 			      const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
@@ -1503,6 +1528,11 @@
 
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, sgtl5000);
 
+	/* Ensure sgtl5000 will start with sane register values */
+	ret = sgtl5000_fill_defaults(sgtl5000);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = snd_soc_register_codec(&client->dev,
 			&sgtl5000_driver, &sgtl5000_dai, 1);
 	return ret;