diff --git a/sound/soc/meson/meson-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/meson/meson-card-utils.c
index a70d244ef88b..f66a0c38c303 100644
--- a/sound/soc/meson/meson-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/meson/meson-card-utils.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int meson_card_parse_of_optional(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 						    const char *p))
 {
 	/* If property is not provided, don't fail ... */
-	if (!of_property_read_bool(card->dev->of_node, propname))
+	if (!of_property_present(card->dev->of_node, propname))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* ... but do fail if it is provided and the parsing fails */