diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index d5e55491601a..bd093a6670a2 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -513,6 +513,17 @@ static int hdmi_channel_allocation(struct hdmi_eld *eld, int channels)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!ca) {
+		/* if there was no match, select the regular ALSA channel
+		 * allocation with the matching number of channels */
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(channel_allocations); i++) {
+			if (channels == channel_allocations[i].channels) {
+				ca = channel_allocations[i].ca_index;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	snd_print_channel_allocation(eld->spk_alloc, buf, sizeof(buf));
 	snd_printdd("HDMI: select CA 0x%x for %d-channel allocation: %s\n",
 		    ca, channels, buf);