diff --git a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
index 77eb0fd01e3d..82576066c249 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #define SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL_AIF1_BCLK_DIV		9
 #define SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL_AIF1_LRCK_DIV		6
 #define SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL_AIF1_WORD_SIZ		4
-#define SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL_AIF1_WORD_SIZ_16		(1 << 4)
 #define SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL_AIF1_DATA_FMT		2
 #define SUN8I_AIF1_ADCDAT_CTRL				0x044
 #define SUN8I_AIF1_ADCDAT_CTRL_AIF1_AD0L_ENA		15
@@ -322,16 +321,30 @@ static int sun8i_codec_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				 struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
 	struct sun8i_codec *scodec = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
-	int sample_rate, lrck_div;
+	int lrck_div, sample_rate, word_size;
 	u8 bclk_div;
 
-	/*
-	 * The CPU DAI handles only a sample of 16 bits. Configure the
-	 * codec to handle this type of sample resolution.
-	 */
+	/* word size */
+	switch (params_width(params)) {
+	case 8:
+		word_size = 0x0;
+		break;
+	case 16:
+		word_size = 0x1;
+		break;
+	case 20:
+		word_size = 0x2;
+		break;
+	case 24:
+		word_size = 0x3;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	regmap_update_bits(scodec->regmap, SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL,
 			   SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL_AIF1_WORD_SIZ_MASK,
-			   SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL_AIF1_WORD_SIZ_16);
+			   word_size << SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL_AIF1_WORD_SIZ);
 
 	bclk_div = sun8i_codec_get_bclk_div(scodec, params_rate(params), 16);
 	regmap_update_bits(scodec->regmap, SUN8I_AIF1CLK_CTRL,