diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.c
index 528e8b108422..0b937924d2e4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.c
@@ -445,6 +445,19 @@ struct dma_chan *fsl_asrc_get_dma_channel(struct fsl_asrc_pair *pair, bool dir)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsl_asrc_get_dma_channel);
 
+static int fsl_asrc_dai_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+				struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+{
+	struct fsl_asrc *asrc_priv = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
+
+	/* Odd channel number is not valid for older ASRC (channel_bits==3) */
+	if (asrc_priv->channel_bits == 3)
+		snd_pcm_hw_constraint_step(substream->runtime, 0,
+					   SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS, 2);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int fsl_asrc_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				  struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
 				  struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
@@ -539,6 +552,7 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dai_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd,
 }
 
 static const struct snd_soc_dai_ops fsl_asrc_dai_ops = {
+	.startup      = fsl_asrc_dai_startup,
 	.hw_params    = fsl_asrc_dai_hw_params,
 	.hw_free      = fsl_asrc_dai_hw_free,
 	.trigger      = fsl_asrc_dai_trigger,