diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi.c
index b19464697ac8..095176738fd6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <sound/asoundef.h>
 #include <video/omapdss.h>
 
-#include <plat/dma.h>
 #include "omap-pcm.h"
 #include "omap-hdmi.h"
 
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ static int omap_hdmi_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	priv->dma_params.data_type = OMAP_DMA_DATA_TYPE_S32;
+	priv->dma_params.data_type = 32;
 
 	snd_soc_dai_set_dma_data(dai, substream,
 				 &priv->dma_params);
diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.c
index 4c13a5f4eebb..74da4b7209d0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.c
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ static int omap_pcm_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	memset(&dma_params, 0, sizeof(dma_params));
 
 	if (dma_data->data_type)
-		dma_params.data_type = dma_data->data_type;
+		dma_params.data_type = omap_pcm_get_dma_type(
+				dma_data->data_type);
 	else
 		dma_params.data_type = omap_pcm_get_dma_type(
 				snd_pcm_format_physical_width(runtime->format));
diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.h b/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.h
index 1bf47e4b60c2..cabe74c4068b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.h
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ struct omap_pcm_dma_data {
 	int		dma_req;	/* DMA request line */
 	unsigned long	port_addr;	/* transmit/receive register */
 	void (*set_threshold)(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
-	int		data_type;	/* data type 8,16,32 */
+	int		data_type;	/* 8, 16, 32 (bits) or 0 to let omap-pcm
+					 * to decide the sDMA data type */
 	int		packet_size;	/* packet size only in PACKET mode */
 };