diff --git a/sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-pcm.c b/sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-pcm.c
index 2ce0b2d891d5..fab20a54e863 100644
--- a/sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-pcm.c
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ static int pxa2xx_soc_pcm_new(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 	if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
 		card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 
-	if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+	if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
 		ret = pxa2xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
 			SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+	if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
 		ret = pxa2xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
 			SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
 		if (ret)