diff --git a/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_player.c b/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_player.c
index 843f037a317da31aecc0b1761ddde2dfa24a1334..148bcd7dbf031fd89003700ac98a2fb91b0d0750 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_player.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_player.c
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ static void uni_player_set_channel_status(struct uniperif *player,
 	 * set one.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&player->ctrl_lock);
-	if (runtime && (player->stream_settings.iec958.status[3]
-					== IEC958_AES3_CON_FS_NOTID)) {
+	if (runtime) {
 		switch (runtime->rate) {
 		case 22050:
 			player->stream_settings.iec958.status[3] =