diff --git a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_i2s.c b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_i2s.c
index 339cd4715b2ebf4c81a9b517e65e16b149967235..7d4c67433916e97d9866abe73c2882c3096a2ccb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_i2s.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static int stm32_i2s_configure(struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai,
 	switch (format) {
 	case 16:
 		cfgr = I2S_CGFR_DATLEN_SET(I2S_I2SMOD_DATLEN_16);
-		cfgr_mask = I2S_CGFR_DATLEN_MASK;
+		cfgr_mask = I2S_CGFR_DATLEN_MASK | I2S_CGFR_CHLEN;
 		break;
 	case 32:
 		cfgr = I2S_CGFR_DATLEN_SET(I2S_I2SMOD_DATLEN_32) |