diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
index 55c33dc76ce4..52ed434cbca6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai_driver sst_platform_dai[] = {
 	.ops = &sst_compr_dai_ops,
 	.playback = {
 		.stream_name = "Compress Playback",
+		.channels_min = 1,
 	},
 },
 /* BE CPU  Dais */