diff --git a/sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c b/sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c
index c7c1996a5447c5eb9ff0b686747876291046bdf3..152118cb5d618236193f99bdd2eb27416797ef56 100644
--- a/sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c
@@ -806,6 +806,7 @@ static int pxa_ssp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		goto err_priv;
 	}
 
+	priv->dai_fmt = (unsigned int) -1;
 	dai->private_data = priv;
 
 	return 0;