diff -r bf193701a812 pci/hda/hda_codec.c
--- a/pci/hda/hda_codec.c	Mon Feb 26 16:07:42 2007 +0100
+++ b/pci/hda/hda_codec.c	Thu Mar 01 00:06:57 2007 +0100
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ int snd_hda_codec_new(struct hda_bus *bu
 							 0);
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(codec->bus->modelname, "generic"))
+	if (! codec->bus->modelname || strcmp(codec->bus->modelname, "generic"))
 		codec->preset = find_codec_preset(codec);
 	if (! *bus->card->mixername)
 		snd_hda_get_codec_name(codec, bus->card->mixername,