diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
index 59143373afc6..8b85049daab0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
@@ -636,11 +636,12 @@ static int davinci_config_channel_size(struct davinci_audio_dev *dev,
 	 * callback, take it into account here. That allows us to for example
 	 * send 32 bits per channel to the codec, while only 16 of them carry
 	 * audio payload.
-	 * The clock ratio is given for a full period of data (both left and
-	 * right channels), so it has to be divided by 2.
+	 * The clock ratio is given for a full period of data (for I2S format
+	 * both left and right channels), so it has to be divided by number of
+	 * tdm-slots (for I2S - divided by 2).
 	 */
 	if (dev->bclk_lrclk_ratio)
-		word_length = dev->bclk_lrclk_ratio / 2;
+		word_length = dev->bclk_lrclk_ratio / dev->tdm_slots;
 
 	/* mapping of the XSSZ bit-field as described in the datasheet */
 	fmt = (word_length >> 1) - 1;
diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.h b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.h
index 0edd3b5a37fd..a9ac0c11da71 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.h
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct davinci_audio_dev {
 	u8	num_serializer;
 	u8	*serial_dir;
 	u8	version;
-	u8	bclk_lrclk_ratio;
+	u16	bclk_lrclk_ratio;
 
 	/* McASP FIFO related */
 	u8	txnumevt;