diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_esai.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_esai.c
index 57b484768a58f0e3d97a521c32d3215dd3ed5d41..afe67c865330e39c7b3d1b30bd6127dd764f42aa 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_esai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_esai.c
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ static int fsl_esai_set_dai_fmt(struct snd_soc_dai *dai, unsigned int fmt)
 		break;
 	case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_RIGHT_J:
 		/* Data on rising edge of bclk, frame high, right aligned */
-		xccr |= ESAI_xCCR_xCKP | ESAI_xCCR_xHCKP | ESAI_xCR_xWA;
+		xccr |= ESAI_xCCR_xCKP | ESAI_xCCR_xHCKP;
+		xcr  |= ESAI_xCR_xWA;
 		break;
 	case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_DSP_A:
 		/* Data on rising edge of bclk, frame high, 1clk before data */
@@ -455,12 +456,12 @@ static int fsl_esai_set_dai_fmt(struct snd_soc_dai *dai, unsigned int fmt)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mask = ESAI_xCR_xFSL | ESAI_xCR_xFSR;
+	mask = ESAI_xCR_xFSL | ESAI_xCR_xFSR | ESAI_xCR_xWA;
 	regmap_update_bits(esai_priv->regmap, REG_ESAI_TCR, mask, xcr);
 	regmap_update_bits(esai_priv->regmap, REG_ESAI_RCR, mask, xcr);
 
 	mask = ESAI_xCCR_xCKP | ESAI_xCCR_xHCKP | ESAI_xCCR_xFSP |
-		ESAI_xCCR_xFSD | ESAI_xCCR_xCKD | ESAI_xCR_xWA;
+		ESAI_xCCR_xFSD | ESAI_xCCR_xCKD;
 	regmap_update_bits(esai_priv->regmap, REG_ESAI_TCCR, mask, xccr);
 	regmap_update_bits(esai_priv->regmap, REG_ESAI_RCCR, mask, xccr);