diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-dmic.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-dmic.c
index 1bd531d718f953c3a2cd0e533e0f4340d3713892..7fb7703264fa961f3869b6bb24385d6aa30efbe9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-dmic.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-dmic.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ static int omap_dmic_dai_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&dmic->mutex);
 
-	snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(dai, substream, &dmic->dma_data);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -417,6 +416,9 @@ static int omap_dmic_probe(struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 
 	/* Configure DMIC threshold value */
 	dmic->threshold = OMAP_DMIC_THRES_MAX - 3;
+
+	snd_soc_dai_init_dma_data(dai, NULL, &dmic->dma_data);
+
 	return 0;
 }