diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
index 0b14d3762cff84e75806d4b36434696decf2b047..1edf4dc41c70dee6ad0a05c3bcd68c63f9aa67e7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
@@ -311,13 +311,15 @@ static void rsnd_dma_of_path(struct rsnd_dma *dma,
 	}
 }
 
-int rsnd_dma_init(struct rsnd_priv *priv, struct rsnd_dma *dma,
-		  int is_play, int id)
+int rsnd_dma_init(struct rsnd_priv *priv, struct rsnd_dma *dma, int id)
 {
 	struct device *dev = rsnd_priv_to_dev(priv);
 	struct dma_slave_config cfg;
+	struct rsnd_mod *mod = rsnd_dma_to_mod(dma);
 	struct rsnd_mod *mod_from;
 	struct rsnd_mod *mod_to;
+	struct rsnd_dai_stream *io = rsnd_mod_to_io(mod);
+	int is_play = rsnd_io_is_play(io);
 	char dma_name[DMA_NAME_SIZE];
 	dma_cap_mask_t mask;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h
index 5ffde9b8955d684ed945ba0f237089b0421f0f22..93a1a256f37c137e77f69204ba4067bdc35e0fc3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ struct rsnd_dma {
 void rsnd_dma_start(struct rsnd_dma *dma);
 void rsnd_dma_stop(struct rsnd_dma *dma);
 int rsnd_dma_available(struct rsnd_dma *dma);
-int rsnd_dma_init(struct rsnd_priv *priv, struct rsnd_dma *dma,
-	int is_play, int id);
+int rsnd_dma_init(struct rsnd_priv *priv, struct rsnd_dma *dma, int id);
 void  rsnd_dma_quit(struct rsnd_priv *priv,
 		    struct rsnd_dma *dma);
 
@@ -413,19 +412,6 @@ struct rsnd_priv {
 #define rsnd_lock(priv, flags) spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags)
 #define rsnd_unlock(priv, flags) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags)
 
-#define rsnd_info_is_playback(priv, type)				\
-({									\
-	struct rcar_snd_info *info = rsnd_priv_to_info(priv);		\
-	int i, is_play = 0;						\
-	for (i = 0; i < info->dai_info_nr; i++) {			\
-		if (info->dai_info[i].playback.type == (type)->info) {	\
-			is_play = 1;					\
-			break;						\
-		}							\
-	}								\
-	is_play;							\
-})
-
 /*
  *	rsnd_kctrl
  */
diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c
index 81c182b4bad531c8afe3a071da4c9ad41c4d868f..7fb879871a8e348dccf185c29f9e5aae55dc6874 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c
@@ -713,7 +713,6 @@ static int rsnd_src_probe_gen2(struct rsnd_mod *mod,
 
 	ret = rsnd_dma_init(priv,
 			    rsnd_mod_to_dma(mod),
-			    rsnd_info_is_playback(priv, src),
 			    src->info->dma_id);
 	if (ret)
 		goto rsnd_src_probe_gen2_fail;
diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c
index 9e7b627c08e2256dbe09acd063432b7b3b7c1107..57e737c7046beb91abbc2b18c76282c9b91fbe25 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ static int rsnd_ssi_dma_probe(struct rsnd_mod *mod,
 
 	ret = rsnd_dma_init(
 		priv, rsnd_mod_to_dma(mod),
-		rsnd_info_is_playback(priv, ssi),
 		dma_id);
 	if (ret)
 		goto rsnd_ssi_dma_probe_fail;