diff --git a/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c b/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
index 309c59e6fb6ccc6c2a9a519ed84a30ed63103e40..ac790e87e231aba59a5116a5a43e8d4f59de16cf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
+++ b/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
@@ -243,23 +243,22 @@ static int imx_pcm_fiq_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 	struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
 	struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
 	struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
+	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = imx_pcm_new(rtd);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
-		struct snd_pcm_substream *substream =
-			pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream;
+	substream = pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream;
+	if (substream) {
 		struct snd_dma_buffer *buf = &substream->dma_buffer;
 
 		imx_ssi_fiq_tx_buffer = (unsigned long)buf->area;
 	}
 
-	if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
-		struct snd_pcm_substream *substream =
-			pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream;
+	substream = pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream;
+	if (substream) {
 		struct snd_dma_buffer *buf = &substream->dma_buffer;
 
 		imx_ssi_fiq_rx_buffer = (unsigned long)buf->area;
diff --git a/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c b/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
index 3b8d5cd2516ab967ba68319a41a2ea5645b3b9d4..4297cb6af42e8a4eaec9bc5136ec3ed0cceaca9a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
@@ -399,14 +399,14 @@ int imx_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 		card->dev->dma_mask = &imx_pcm_dmamask;
 	if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
 		card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
-	if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+	if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
 		ret = imx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
 			SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+	if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
 		ret = imx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
 			SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
 		if (ret)