diff --git a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c
index f4e22af594fa..93f511fb6190 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c
@@ -2237,6 +2237,7 @@ static const struct sun4i_codec_quirks sun50i_h616_codec_quirks = {
 	.reg_dac_fifoc	= REG_FIELD(SUN50I_H616_CODEC_DAC_FIFOC, 0, 31),
 	.reg_dac_txdata	= SUN8I_H3_CODEC_DAC_TXDATA,
 	.has_reset	= true,
+	.playback_only	= true,
 	.dma_max_burst	= SUN4I_DMA_MAX_BURST,
 };