diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index f6a97607e522f61a888819fc89f6cac43ba43c5a..7bd89bf62559d0b7dc38ec085d81466485bcaeb9 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -2818,6 +2818,10 @@ static int patch_nvhdmi_8ch_7x(struct hda_codec *codec)
 #define ATI_VERB_GET_MULTICHANNEL_7	0xf88
 #define ATI_VERB_GET_MULTICHANNEL_MODE	0xf89
 
+/* AMD specific HDA cvt verbs */
+#define ATI_VERB_SET_RAMP_RATE		0x770
+#define ATI_VERB_GET_RAMP_RATE		0xf70
+
 #define ATI_OUT_ENABLE 0x1
 
 #define ATI_MULTICHANNEL_MODE_PAIRED	0
@@ -3049,6 +3053,23 @@ static int atihdmi_pin_hbr_setup(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t pin_nid,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int atihdmi_setup_stream(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t cvt_nid,
+				hda_nid_t pin_nid, u32 stream_tag, int format)
+{
+
+	if (is_amdhdmi_rev3_or_later(codec)) {
+		int ramp_rate = 180; /* default as per AMD spec */
+		/* disable ramp-up/down for non-pcm as per AMD spec */
+		if (format & AC_FMT_TYPE_NON_PCM)
+			ramp_rate = 0;
+
+		snd_hda_codec_write(codec, cvt_nid, 0, ATI_VERB_SET_RAMP_RATE, ramp_rate);
+	}
+
+	return hdmi_setup_stream(codec, cvt_nid, pin_nid, stream_tag, format);
+}
+
+
 static int atihdmi_init(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
 	struct hdmi_spec *spec = codec->spec;
@@ -3095,6 +3116,7 @@ static int patch_atihdmi(struct hda_codec *codec)
 	spec->ops.pin_set_slot_channel = atihdmi_pin_set_slot_channel;
 	spec->ops.pin_setup_infoframe = atihdmi_pin_setup_infoframe;
 	spec->ops.pin_hbr_setup = atihdmi_pin_hbr_setup;
+	spec->ops.setup_stream = atihdmi_setup_stream;
 
 	if (!has_amd_full_remap_support(codec)) {
 		/* override to ATI/AMD-specific versions with pairwise mapping */