diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/sm8250.c b/sound/soc/qcom/sm8250.c
index 315ed6ccb7c4..fe8fd7367e21 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/sm8250.c
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/sm8250.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static int sm8250_be_hw_params_fixup(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd,
 
 static int sm8250_snd_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
+	unsigned int fmt = SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CBS_CFS;
 	unsigned int codec_dai_fmt = SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CBS_CFS;
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
 	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = asoc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, 0);
@@ -43,10 +44,11 @@ static int sm8250_snd_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 
 	switch (cpu_dai->id) {
 	case TERTIARY_MI2S_RX:
-		codec_dai_fmt |= SND_SOC_DAIFMT_NB_NF;
+		codec_dai_fmt |= SND_SOC_DAIFMT_NB_NF | SND_SOC_DAIFMT_I2S;
 		snd_soc_dai_set_sysclk(cpu_dai,
 			Q6AFE_LPASS_CLK_ID_TER_MI2S_IBIT,
 			MI2S_BCLK_RATE, SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
+		snd_soc_dai_set_fmt(cpu_dai, fmt);
 		snd_soc_dai_set_fmt(codec_dai, codec_dai_fmt);
 		break;
 	default: