diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip,i2s-tdm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip,i2s-tdm.txt
index db130be87d47..ea0bb169bfb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip,i2s-tdm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip,i2s-tdm.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Required properties:
   register pcm dmaengine, only just register dai. if the dai is part of multi-dais,
   the property should be present. Please refer to rockchip,multidais.txt about
   multi-dais usage.
+- rockchip,playback-only: Specify that the controller only has playback capability.
+- rockchip,capture-only: Specify that the controller only has capture capability.
 
 Optional properties:
 - rockchip,i2s-rx-route: This is a variable length array, that shows the mapping
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt
index d48733811bcd..02ed62aa626e 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Required properties:
   register pcm dmaengine, only just register dai. if the dai is part of multi-dais,
   the property should be present. Please refer to rockchip,multidais.txt about
   multi-dais usage.
+- rockchip,playback-only: Specify that the controller only has playback capability.
+- rockchip,capture-only: Specify that the controller only has capture capability.
 
 Required properties for controller which support multi channels
 playback/capture:
diff --git a/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s.c b/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s.c
index 04ff6894924e..003cf1300511 100644
--- a/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s.c
@@ -705,6 +705,11 @@ static int rockchip_i2s_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			soc_dai->capture.channels_max = val;
 	}
 
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "rockchip,playback-only"))
+		soc_dai->capture.channels_min = 0;
+	else if (of_property_read_bool(node, "rockchip,capture-only"))
+		soc_dai->playback.channels_min = 0;
+
 	i2s->bclk_fs = 64;
 	if (!of_property_read_u32(node, "rockchip,bclk-fs", &val)) {
 		if ((val >= 32) && (val % 2 == 0))
diff --git a/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s_tdm.c b/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s_tdm.c
index a4ebb32da83d..6079974b7d81 100644
--- a/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s_tdm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s_tdm.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,11 @@ static int rockchip_i2s_tdm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "rockchip,playback-only"))
+		soc_dai->capture.channels_min = 0;
+	else if (of_property_read_bool(node, "rockchip,capture-only"))
+		soc_dai->playback.channels_min = 0;
+
 	i2s_tdm->grf = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(node, "rockchip,grf");
 	if (IS_ERR(i2s_tdm->grf))
 		return PTR_ERR(i2s_tdm->grf);