diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8711.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8711.c
index 8ba49d867ac7e286b1198c68649be3290cc08ad3..076bdb9930a15d6d50c4edd3d6009a7fad801089 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8711.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8711.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static int wm8711_set_dai_fmt(struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai,
 		unsigned int fmt)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_codec *codec = codec_dai->codec;
-	u16 iface = 0;
+	u16 iface = snd_soc_read(codec, WM8711_IFACE) & 0x000c;
 
 	/* set master/slave audio interface */
 	switch (fmt & SND_SOC_DAIFMT_MASTER_MASK) {