diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 1f741cb24f33..a5ef14f06124 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -886,6 +886,10 @@ struct snd_soc_dai_link {
 	/* This DAI link can route to other DAI links at runtime (Frontend)*/
 	unsigned int dynamic:1;
 
+	/* DPCM capture and Playback support */
+	unsigned int dpcm_capture:1;
+	unsigned int dpcm_playback:1;
+
 	/* pmdown_time is ignored at stop */
 	unsigned int ignore_pmdown_time:1;
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index 42782c01e413..141a302e4e77 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -2026,10 +2026,8 @@ int soc_new_pcm(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd, int num)
 	int ret = 0, playback = 0, capture = 0;
 
 	if (rtd->dai_link->dynamic || rtd->dai_link->no_pcm) {
-		if (cpu_dai->driver->playback.channels_min)
-			playback = 1;
-		if (cpu_dai->driver->capture.channels_min)
-			capture = 1;
+		playback = rtd->dai_link->dpcm_playback;
+		capture = rtd->dai_link->dpcm_capture;
 	} else {
 		if (codec_dai->driver->playback.channels_min &&
 		    cpu_dai->driver->playback.channels_min)