diff --git a/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c b/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
index bc92ec620004..c331d65587d8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/imx/imx-ssi.c
@@ -667,12 +667,6 @@ static int imx_ssi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (res)
 		ssi->dma_params_rx.dma = res->start;
 
-	if ((cpu_is_mx27() || cpu_is_mx21()) &&
-			!(ssi->flags & IMX_SSI_USE_AC97) &&
-			(ssi->flags & IMX_SSI_DMA)) {
-		ssi->flags |= IMX_SSI_DMA;
-	}
-
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ssi);
 
 	ret = snd_soc_register_dai(&pdev->dev, dai);