diff --git a/include/sound/sdca_interrupts.h b/include/sound/sdca_interrupts.h
index d652c6e94ddc..e4bf123936bb 100644
--- a/include/sound/sdca_interrupts.h
+++ b/include/sound/sdca_interrupts.h
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ struct sdca_function_data;
  * @entity: Pointer to the Entity that the interrupt is associated with.
  * @control: Pointer to the Control that the interrupt is associated with.
  * @priv: Pointer to private data for use by the handler.
- * @externally_requested: Internal flag used to check if a client driver has
- * already requested the interrupt, for custom handling, allowing the core to
- * skip handling this interrupt.
+ * @irq: IRQ number allocated to this interrupt, also used internally to track
+ * the IRQ being assigned.
  */
 struct sdca_interrupt {
 	const char *name;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ struct sdca_interrupt {
 
 	void *priv;
 
-	bool externally_requested;
+	int irq;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_interrupts.c b/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_interrupts.c
index 898069ceffe9..cb7c7a6f356e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_interrupts.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sdca/sdca_interrupts.c
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ static int sdca_irq_request_locked(struct device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	info->irqs[sdca_irq].irq = irq;
+
 	dev_dbg(dev, "requested irq %d for %s\n", irq, name);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -301,8 +303,6 @@ int sdca_irq_request(struct device *dev, struct sdca_interrupt_info *info,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	info->irqs[sdca_irq].externally_requested = true;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sdca_irq_request, "SND_SOC_SDCA");
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ int sdca_irq_populate(struct sdca_function_data *function,
 
 			interrupt = &info->irqs[irq];
 
-			if (interrupt->externally_requested) {
+			if (interrupt->requested) {
 				dev_dbg(dev,
-					"skipping irq %d, externally requested\n",
+					"skipping irq %d, already requested\n",
 					irq);
 				continue;
 			}