diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-i2s-audio.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-i2s-audio.c
index 2b624cff541d..caf8aed78fea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-i2s-audio.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-i2s-audio.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static int dw_hdmi_i2s_hw_params(struct device *dev, void *data,
 	}
 
 	dw_hdmi_set_sample_rate(hdmi, hparms->sample_rate);
+	dw_hdmi_set_channel_count(hdmi, hparms->channels);
 
 	hdmi_write(audio, inputclkfs, HDMI_AUD_INPUTCLKFS);
 	hdmi_write(audio, conf0, HDMI_AUD_CONF0);
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ static int snd_dw_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pdata.ops		= &dw_hdmi_i2s_ops;
 	pdata.i2s		= 1;
-	pdata.max_i2s_channels	= 6;
+	pdata.max_i2s_channels	= 8;
 	pdata.data		= audio;
 
 	memset(&pdevinfo, 0, sizeof(pdevinfo));