diff --git a/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-pcm.c b/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-pcm.c
index 7bceb16d0fd9..907cdb1f989d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-pcm.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_mxs_hardware = {
 				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID |
 				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE |
 				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_RESUME |
-				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED,
+				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
+				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_HALF_DUPLEX,
 	.formats		= SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE |
 				  SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S20_3LE |
 				  SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S24_LE,