diff --git a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
index 0fce3c476772..9468584f4eb0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-i2s.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ static const struct sun4i_i2s_quirks sun8i_a83t_i2s_quirks = {
 	.has_reset		= true,
 	.reg_offset_txdata	= SUN8I_I2S_FIFO_TX_REG,
 	.sun4i_i2s_regmap	= &sun4i_i2s_regmap_config,
+	.has_fmt_set_lrck_period = true,
 	.field_clkdiv_mclk_en	= REG_FIELD(SUN4I_I2S_CLK_DIV_REG, 8, 8),
 	.field_fmt_wss		= REG_FIELD(SUN4I_I2S_FMT0_REG, 0, 2),
 	.field_fmt_sr		= REG_FIELD(SUN4I_I2S_FMT0_REG, 4, 6),