diff --git a/drivers/dma/edma.c b/drivers/dma/edma.c
index d08c4dedef35..b512caf46944 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/edma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/edma.c
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ static void __init edma_chan_init(struct edma_cc *ecc,
 
 #define EDMA_DMA_BUSWIDTHS	(BIT(DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_1_BYTE) | \
 				 BIT(DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_2_BYTES) | \
+				 BIT(DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_3_BYTES) | \
 				 BIT(DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES))
 
 static int edma_dma_device_slave_caps(struct dma_chan *dchan,
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index d2c5cc7c583c..3d1c2aa51530 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ enum dma_slave_buswidth {
 	DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_UNDEFINED = 0,
 	DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_1_BYTE = 1,
 	DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_2_BYTES = 2,
+	DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_3_BYTES = 3,
 	DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES = 4,
 	DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_8_BYTES = 8,
 };
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_dmaengine.c b/sound/core/pcm_dmaengine.c
index 76cbb9ec953a..6542c4083594 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_dmaengine.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_dmaengine.c
@@ -65,13 +65,15 @@ int snd_hwparams_to_dma_slave_config(const struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	enum dma_slave_buswidth buswidth;
 	int bits;
 
-	bits = snd_pcm_format_physical_width(params_format(params));
+	bits = params_physical_width(params);
 	if (bits < 8 || bits > 64)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	else if (bits == 8)
 		buswidth = DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_1_BYTE;
 	else if (bits == 16)
 		buswidth = DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_2_BYTES;
+	else if (bits == 24)
+		buswidth = DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_3_BYTES;
 	else if (bits <= 32)
 		buswidth = DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES;
 	else
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
index 5bace124ef43..6307f85e871b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ static int dmaengine_pcm_set_runtime_hwparams(struct snd_pcm_substream *substrea
 	struct snd_dmaengine_dai_dma_data *dma_data;
 	struct dma_slave_caps dma_caps;
 	struct snd_pcm_hardware hw;
-	int ret;
+	u32 addr_widths = BIT(DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_1_BYTE) |
+			  BIT(DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_2_BYTES) |
+			  BIT(DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES);
+	int i, ret;
 
 	if (pcm->config && pcm->config->pcm_hardware)
 		return snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams(substream,
@@ -146,6 +149,38 @@ static int dmaengine_pcm_set_runtime_hwparams(struct snd_pcm_substream *substrea
 			hw.info |= SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_RESUME;
 		if (dma_caps.residue_granularity <= DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_SEGMENT)
 			hw.info |= SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BATCH;
+
+		if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)
+			addr_widths = dma_caps.dstn_addr_widths;
+		else
+			addr_widths = dma_caps.src_addr_widths;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Prepare formats mask for valid/allowed sample types. If the dma does
+	 * not have support for the given physical word size, it needs to be
+	 * masked out so user space can not use the format which produces
+	 * corrupted audio.
+	 * In case the dma driver does not implement the slave_caps the default
+	 * assumption is that it supports 1, 2 and 4 bytes widths.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i <= SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_LAST; i++) {
+		int bits = snd_pcm_format_physical_width(i);
+
+		/* Enable only samples with DMA supported physical widths */
+		switch (bits) {
+		case 8:
+		case 16:
+		case 24:
+		case 32:
+		case 64:
+			if (addr_widths & (1 << (bits / 8)))
+				hw.formats |= (1LL << i);
+			break;
+		default:
+			/* Unsupported types */
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams(substream, &hw);