diff --git a/sound/hda/intel-sdw-acpi.c b/sound/hda/intel-sdw-acpi.c
index ba8a872a290107ae2041daf706530c295ab849cd..b7758dbe23714a98752f572899a178efd3f7e06c 100644
--- a/sound/hda/intel-sdw-acpi.c
+++ b/sound/hda/intel-sdw-acpi.c
@@ -165,8 +165,14 @@ int sdw_intel_acpi_scan(acpi_handle *parent_handle,
 	acpi_status status;
 
 	info->handle = NULL;
+	/*
+	 * In the HDAS ACPI scope, 'SNDW' may be either the child of
+	 * 'HDAS' or the grandchild of 'HDAS'. So let's go through
+	 * the ACPI from 'HDAS' at max depth of 2 to find the 'SNDW'
+	 * device.
+	 */
 	status = acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE,
-				     parent_handle, 1,
+				     parent_handle, 2,
 				     sdw_intel_acpi_cb,
 				     NULL, info, NULL);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || info->handle == NULL)