diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index 6b611d50d03f..e3db19610411 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -1491,8 +1491,11 @@ static void really_cleanup_stream(struct hda_codec *codec,
 				  struct hda_cvt_setup *q)
 {
 	hda_nid_t nid = q->nid;
-	snd_hda_codec_write(codec, nid, 0, AC_VERB_SET_CHANNEL_STREAMID, 0);
-	snd_hda_codec_write(codec, nid, 0, AC_VERB_SET_STREAM_FORMAT, 0);
+	if (q->stream_tag || q->channel_id)
+		snd_hda_codec_write(codec, nid, 0, AC_VERB_SET_CHANNEL_STREAMID, 0);
+	if (q->format_id)
+		snd_hda_codec_write(codec, nid, 0, AC_VERB_SET_STREAM_FORMAT, 0
+);
 	memset(q, 0, sizeof(*q));
 	q->nid = nid;
 }