diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-dmic.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-dmic.c
index 75f5dca0e8d2c0a1dd4d107ece0cd2023c9ad583..60b7b8cd1c7db6e0761d69abd1fb64e8a2b6d6ea 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-dmic.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-dmic.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ struct omap_dmic {
 static struct omap_pcm_dma_data omap_dmic_dai_dma_params = {
 	.name		= "DMIC capture",
 	.data_type	= OMAP_DMA_DATA_TYPE_S32,
-	.sync_mode	= OMAP_DMA_SYNC_PACKET,
 };
 
 static inline void omap_dmic_write(struct omap_dmic *dmic, u16 reg, u32 val)
diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi.c
index a08245d9203cddfd20e38254d02104c25c18f9a8..b19464697ac8f3ebf97868d3891dcb37481bfaec 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi.c
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ static __devinit int omap_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	hdmi_data->dma_params.dma_req =  hdmi_rsrc->start;
 	hdmi_data->dma_params.name = "HDMI playback";
-	hdmi_data->dma_params.sync_mode = OMAP_DMA_SYNC_PACKET;
 
 	/*
 	 * TODO: We assume that there is only one DSS HDMI device. Future
diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
index fe3debcc2d0ba9bce2784d5d6b067b90ba7dcf82..5b3baccd74c3851c7c2f160b8a83e6d2b76958d1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static int omap_mcbsp_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	struct omap_mcbsp *mcbsp = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(cpu_dai);
 	struct omap_mcbsp_reg_cfg *regs = &mcbsp->cfg_regs;
 	struct omap_pcm_dma_data *dma_data;
-	int wlen, channels, wpf, sync_mode = OMAP_DMA_SYNC_ELEMENT;
+	int wlen, channels, wpf;
 	int pkt_size = 0;
 	unsigned int format, div, framesize, master;
 
@@ -272,15 +272,12 @@ static int omap_mcbsp_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				return -EINVAL;
 
 			pkt_size = period_words / divider;
-			sync_mode = OMAP_DMA_SYNC_PACKET;
 		} else if (channels > 1) {
 			/* Use packet mode for non mono streams */
 			pkt_size = channels;
-			sync_mode = OMAP_DMA_SYNC_PACKET;
 		}
 	}
 
-	dma_data->sync_mode = sync_mode;
 	dma_data->packet_size = pkt_size;
 
 	snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(cpu_dai, substream, dma_data);
diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcpdm.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcpdm.c
index f7babb374a3726085086173e18c5182c60a7abf3..baf92da42aec747668acbaef8280c797789bc0cc 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcpdm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcpdm.c
@@ -73,14 +73,12 @@ static struct omap_pcm_dma_data omap_mcpdm_dai_dma_params[] = {
 		.name = "Audio playback",
 		.dma_req = OMAP44XX_DMA_MCPDM_DL,
 		.data_type = OMAP_DMA_DATA_TYPE_S32,
-		.sync_mode = OMAP_DMA_SYNC_PACKET,
 		.port_addr = OMAP44XX_MCPDM_L3_BASE + MCPDM_REG_DN_DATA,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "Audio capture",
 		.dma_req = OMAP44XX_DMA_MCPDM_UP,
 		.data_type = OMAP_DMA_DATA_TYPE_S32,
-		.sync_mode = OMAP_DMA_SYNC_PACKET,
 		.port_addr = OMAP44XX_MCPDM_L3_BASE + MCPDM_REG_UP_DATA,
 	},
 };
diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.h b/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.h
index b92248cbd47a86fe60aa0a2db505a4d976d400d5..1bf47e4b60c214115b2189b3c3a2fefb114d460f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.h
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct omap_pcm_dma_data {
 	unsigned long	port_addr;	/* transmit/receive register */
 	void (*set_threshold)(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 	int		data_type;	/* data type 8,16,32 */
-	int		sync_mode;	/* DMA sync mode */
 	int		packet_size;	/* packet size only in PACKET mode */
 };