diff --git a/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c b/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
index 64df813b9af8c55951061484868ae9dcf82bbcc3..98ab33109527cd778be20121a3f4ffaafefd537d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
+++ b/sound/soc/imx/imx-pcm-fiq.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_imx_hardware = {
 	.buffer_bytes_max = IMX_SSI_DMABUF_SIZE,
 	.period_bytes_min = 128,
 	.period_bytes_max = 16 * 1024,
-	.periods_min = 2,
+	.periods_min = 4,
 	.periods_max = 255,
 	.fifo_size = 0,
 };