diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
index b0c7bd113aacfd59db229320f5227985010bb8f4..3ff22eba5875a8f8dd65e8531235fa4d0c73ce6d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ struct nhlt_specific_cfg
 	struct device *dev = bus->dev;
 	struct nhlt_specific_cfg *sp_config;
 	struct nhlt_acpi_table *nhlt = (struct nhlt_acpi_table *)skl->nhlt;
-	u16 bps = num_ch * s_fmt;
+	u16 bps = (s_fmt == 16) ? 16 : 32;
 	u8 j;
 
 	dump_config(dev, instance, link_type, s_fmt, num_ch, s_rate, dirn, bps);