diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index 0fcfa6f406b8ac8738ba466954cfe7a6bc6faf87..37dd06dd96be77824f1563b85c423afc0f94a7b7 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -431,9 +431,11 @@ static void hdmi_init_pin(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t pin_nid)
 	if (get_wcaps(codec, pin_nid) & AC_WCAP_OUT_AMP)
 		snd_hda_codec_write(codec, pin_nid, 0,
 				AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, AMP_OUT_UNMUTE);
-	/* Disable pin out until stream is active*/
+	/* Enable pin out: some machines with GM965 gets broken output when
+	 * the pin is disabled or changed while using with HDMI
+	 */
 	snd_hda_codec_write(codec, pin_nid, 0,
-			    AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, 0);
+			    AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, PIN_OUT);
 }
 
 static int hdmi_get_channel_count(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t cvt_nid)
@@ -1341,7 +1343,6 @@ static int generic_hdmi_playback_pcm_prepare(struct hda_pcm_stream *hinfo,
 	struct hdmi_spec *spec = codec->spec;
 	int pin_idx = hinfo_to_pin_index(spec, hinfo);
 	hda_nid_t pin_nid = spec->pins[pin_idx].pin_nid;
-	int pinctl;
 	bool non_pcm;
 
 	non_pcm = check_non_pcm_per_cvt(codec, cvt_nid);
@@ -1350,11 +1351,6 @@ static int generic_hdmi_playback_pcm_prepare(struct hda_pcm_stream *hinfo,
 
 	hdmi_setup_audio_infoframe(codec, pin_idx, non_pcm, substream);
 
-	pinctl = snd_hda_codec_read(codec, pin_nid, 0,
-				    AC_VERB_GET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, 0);
-	snd_hda_codec_write(codec, pin_nid, 0,
-			    AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, pinctl | PIN_OUT);
-
 	return hdmi_setup_stream(codec, cvt_nid, pin_nid, stream_tag, format);
 }
 
@@ -1374,7 +1370,6 @@ static int hdmi_pcm_close(struct hda_pcm_stream *hinfo,
 	int cvt_idx, pin_idx;
 	struct hdmi_spec_per_cvt *per_cvt;
 	struct hdmi_spec_per_pin *per_pin;
-	int pinctl;
 
 	if (hinfo->nid) {
 		cvt_idx = cvt_nid_to_cvt_index(spec, hinfo->nid);
@@ -1391,11 +1386,6 @@ static int hdmi_pcm_close(struct hda_pcm_stream *hinfo,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		per_pin = &spec->pins[pin_idx];
 
-		pinctl = snd_hda_codec_read(codec, per_pin->pin_nid, 0,
-					    AC_VERB_GET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, 0);
-		snd_hda_codec_write(codec, per_pin->pin_nid, 0,
-				    AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL,
-				    pinctl & ~PIN_OUT);
 		snd_hda_spdif_ctls_unassign(codec, pin_idx);
 		per_pin->chmap_set = false;
 		memset(per_pin->chmap, 0, sizeof(per_pin->chmap));