diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
index 57f606e4cf02..80c54ede5737 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
@@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai_driver davinci_mcasp_dai[] = {
 		},
 		.ops 		= &davinci_mcasp_dai_ops,
 
+		.symmetric_samplebits	= 1,
 	},
 	{
 		.name		= "davinci-mcasp.1",