diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index ee85056a857742caf5f1dc9960e124221ae2b4b9..b114fc7b2a95e85f531092df87e039cbefbfae0f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -1147,8 +1147,7 @@ static unsigned int wmfw_convert_flags(unsigned int in, unsigned int len)
 	}
 
 	if (in) {
-		if (in & WMFW_CTL_FLAG_READABLE)
-			out |= rd;
+		out |= rd;
 		if (in & WMFW_CTL_FLAG_WRITEABLE)
 			out |= wr;
 		if (in & WMFW_CTL_FLAG_VOLATILE)