diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/cadence_master.c b/drivers/soundwire/cadence_master.c
index e589aa99e429..07c252603380 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/cadence_master.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/cadence_master.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ struct sdw_cdns_pdi *sdw_cdns_alloc_pdi(struct sdw_cdns *cdns,
 
 	/* check if we found a PDI, else find in bi-directional */
 	if (!pdi)
-		pdi = cdns_find_pdi(cdns, 2, stream->num_bd, stream->bd,
+		pdi = cdns_find_pdi(cdns, 0, stream->num_bd, stream->bd,
 				    dai_id);
 
 	if (pdi) {