diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c b/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
index 66fddec9543d..88e5df474ccf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
@@ -1711,8 +1711,7 @@ static const struct snd_soc_dai_ops fsi_dai_ops = {
 static struct snd_pcm_hardware fsi_pcm_hardware = {
 	.info =		SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED	|
 			SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP		|
-			SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID	|
-			SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE,
+			SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID,
 	.buffer_bytes_max	= 64 * 1024,
 	.period_bytes_min	= 32,
 	.period_bytes_max	= 8192,