diff --git a/sound/soc/ti/davinci-evm.c b/sound/soc/ti/davinci-evm.c
index bfd8d1a03ba70abb06aec119098141d294fab991..686b23d7a90d984a48dae8620a7d4f5d7b111485 100644
--- a/sound/soc/ti/davinci-evm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/ti/davinci-evm.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int evm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	/* set the CPU system clock */
 	ret = snd_soc_dai_set_sysclk(cpu_dai, 0, sysclk, SND_SOC_CLOCK_OUT);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOTSUPP)
 		return ret;
 
 	return 0;