diff --git a/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c b/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
index 28e55c7b14b4cffa35b3b70c352a1a239eb3ed3b..1bf9dc88babf66a5f071a7809c946c7a1820f16e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
@@ -655,7 +655,8 @@ static int imx_ssi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dai->private_data = ssi;
 
 	if ((cpu_is_mx27() || cpu_is_mx21()) &&
-			!(ssi->flags & IMX_SSI_USE_AC97)) {
+			!(ssi->flags & IMX_SSI_USE_AC97) &&
+			(ssi->flags & IMX_SSI_DMA)) {
 		ssi->flags |= IMX_SSI_DMA;
 		platform = imx_ssi_dma_mx2_init(pdev, ssi);
 	} else