diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index d632a0511d62..158ce68bc9bf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -1169,8 +1169,7 @@ static unsigned int wmfw_convert_flags(unsigned int in, unsigned int len)
 	}
 
 	if (in) {
-		if (in & WMFW_CTL_FLAG_READABLE)
-			out |= rd;
+		out |= rd;
 		if (in & WMFW_CTL_FLAG_WRITEABLE)
 			out |= wr;
 		if (in & WMFW_CTL_FLAG_VOLATILE)