diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
index 3157cd5a837e..2f310994f7ee 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int imx_rpmsg_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 		msg->s_msg.param.channels = RPMSG_CH_STEREO;
 		break;
 	default:
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		msg->s_msg.param.channels = params_channels(params);
 		break;
 	}