diff --git a/include/sound/soc-acpi.h b/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
index ac7f9e791ee1..72e371a21767 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-acpi.h
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr {
  * ACPI ID alone is not sufficient, wrong or misleading
  * @quirk_data: data used to uniquely identify a machine, usually a list of
  * audio codecs whose presence if checked with ACPI
+ * @machine_check: pointer to quirk function. The functionality is similar to
+ * the use of @machine_quirk, except that the return value is a boolean: the intent
+ * is to skip a machine if the additional hardware/firmware verification invalidates
+ * the initial selection in the snd_soc_acpi_mach table.
  * @pdata: intended for platform data or machine specific-ops. This structure
  *  is not constant since this field may be updated at run-time
  * @sof_tplg_filename: Sound Open Firmware topology file name, if enabled
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ struct snd_soc_acpi_mach {
 	const char *board;
 	struct snd_soc_acpi_mach * (*machine_quirk)(void *arg);
 	const void *quirk_data;
+	bool (*machine_check)(void *arg);
 	void *pdata;
 	struct snd_soc_acpi_mach_params mach_params;
 	const char *sof_tplg_filename;