diff --git a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
index 49e763d1891b..21104e6e8892 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai_driver sun8i_codec_dais[] = {
 			.rates		= SNDRV_PCM_RATE_8000_192000,
 			.formats	= SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
 		},
+		.symmetric_rates	= true,
+		.symmetric_channels	= true,
+		.symmetric_samplebits	= true,
 	},
 };