diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
index ae7997ab19b1..55dc9f27d4b2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
@@ -532,10 +532,10 @@ static int skl_link_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus = dev_get_drvdata(dai->dev);
 	struct hdac_ext_stream *link_dev;
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = snd_pcm_substream_chip(substream);
-	struct hdac_ext_dma_params *dma_params;
 	struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = rtd->codec_dai;
 	struct skl_pipe_params p_params = {0};
 	struct hdac_ext_link *link;
+	int stream_tag;
 
 	link_dev = snd_hdac_ext_stream_assign(ebus, substream,
 					HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_LINK);
@@ -548,16 +548,16 @@ static int skl_link_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	if (!link)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	stream_tag = hdac_stream(link_dev)->stream_tag;
+
 	/* set the stream tag in the codec dai dma params  */
-	dma_params = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(codec_dai, substream);
-	if (dma_params)
-		dma_params->stream_tag =  hdac_stream(link_dev)->stream_tag;
+	snd_soc_dai_set_tdm_slot(codec_dai, stream_tag, 0, 0, 0);
 
 	p_params.s_fmt = snd_pcm_format_width(params_format(params));
 	p_params.ch = params_channels(params);
 	p_params.s_freq = params_rate(params);
 	p_params.stream = substream->stream;
-	p_params.link_dma_id = hdac_stream(link_dev)->stream_tag - 1;
+	p_params.link_dma_id = stream_tag - 1;
 	p_params.link_index = link->index;
 	p_params.format = params_format(params);