diff --git a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
index dca1143c1150..a4aa931ebfae 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 #define SUN8I_I2S_CHAN_CFG_REG		0x30
 #define SUN8I_I2S_CHAN_CFG_RX_SLOT_NUM_MASK	GENMASK(6, 4)
-#define SUN8I_I2S_CHAN_CFG_RX_SLOT_NUM(chan)	(chan - 1)
+#define SUN8I_I2S_CHAN_CFG_RX_SLOT_NUM(chan)	((chan - 1) << 4)
 #define SUN8I_I2S_CHAN_CFG_TX_SLOT_NUM_MASK	GENMASK(2, 0)
 #define SUN8I_I2S_CHAN_CFG_TX_SLOT_NUM(chan)	(chan - 1)