diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8m.c b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8m.c
index 1c7019c3cbd3..cdd1e79ef9f6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8m.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/imx/imx8m.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int imx8m_probe(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	/* set default mailbox offset for FW ready message */
 	sdev->dsp_box.offset = MBOX_OFFSET;
 
-	priv->regmap = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_compatible("fsl,dsp-ctrl");
+	priv->regmap = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(np, "fsl,dsp-ctrl");
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->regmap)) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "cannot find dsp-ctrl registers");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->regmap);