diff --git a/sound/soc/meson/axg-card.c b/sound/soc/meson/axg-card.c
index af46845f4ef2..89f7f64747cd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/meson/axg-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/meson/axg-card.c
@@ -338,8 +338,10 @@ static int axg_card_add_link(struct snd_soc_card *card, struct device_node *np,
 
 	if (axg_card_cpu_is_tdm_iface(dai_link->cpus->of_node))
 		ret = axg_card_parse_tdm(card, np, index);
-	else if (axg_card_cpu_is_codec(dai_link->cpus->of_node))
+	else if (axg_card_cpu_is_codec(dai_link->cpus->of_node)) {
 		dai_link->params = &codec_params;
+		dai_link->no_pcm = 0; /* link is not a DPCM BE */
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }