diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsrc-card.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsrc-card.c
index a68517afe615..050b0dbcee65 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsrc-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsrc-card.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ rsrc_card_sub_parse_of(struct rsrc_card_priv *priv,
 	if (args_count) {
 		*args_count = args.args_count;
 		dai_link->dynamic = 1;
+		dai_link->dpcm_merged_format = 1;
 	} else {
 		dai_link->no_pcm = 1;
 		priv->codec_conf.of_node = (*p_node);