diff --git a/sound/pci/asihpi/hpimsginit.c b/sound/pci/asihpi/hpimsginit.c
index 8e1d099ed7e4..42f918220ee4 100644
--- a/sound/pci/asihpi/hpimsginit.c
+++ b/sound/pci/asihpi/hpimsginit.c
@@ -31,21 +31,6 @@ static u16 res_size[HPI_OBJ_MAXINDEX + 1] = HPI_RESPONSE_SIZE_BY_OBJECT;
 /* Flag to enable alternate message type for SSX2 bypass. */
 static u16 gwSSX2_bypass;
 
-/** \internal
-  * Used by ASIO driver to disable SSX2 for a single process
-  * \param phSubSys Pointer to HPI subsystem handle.
-  * \param wBypass New bypass setting 0 = off, nonzero = on
-  * \return Previous bypass setting.
-  */
-u16 hpi_subsys_ssx2_bypass(const struct hpi_hsubsys *ph_subsys, u16 bypass)
-{
-	u16 old_value = gwSSX2_bypass;
-
-	gwSSX2_bypass = bypass;
-
-	return old_value;
-}
-
 /** \internal
   * initialize the HPI message structure
   */
@@ -65,7 +50,8 @@ static void hpi_init_message(struct hpi_message *phm, u16 object,
 	phm->object = object;
 	phm->function = function;
 	phm->version = 0;
-	/* Expect adapter index to be set by caller */
+	phm->adapter_index = 0xFFFF;
+	/* Expect actual adapter index to be set by caller */
 }
 
 /** \internal