diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index 200779296a1b..495d63101186 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -2301,6 +2301,7 @@ static int generic_hdmi_build_pcms(struct hda_codec *codec)
 	codec_dbg(codec, "hdmi: pcm_num set to %d\n", pcm_num);
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < pcm_num; idx++) {
+		struct hdmi_spec_per_cvt *per_cvt;
 		struct hda_pcm *info;
 		struct hda_pcm_stream *pstr;
 
@@ -2316,6 +2317,11 @@ static int generic_hdmi_build_pcms(struct hda_codec *codec)
 		pstr = &info->stream[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK];
 		pstr->substreams = 1;
 		pstr->ops = generic_ops;
+
+		per_cvt = get_cvt(spec, 0);
+		pstr->channels_min = per_cvt->channels_min;
+		pstr->channels_max = per_cvt->channels_max;
+
 		/* pcm number is less than pcm_rec array size */
 		if (spec->pcm_used >= ARRAY_SIZE(spec->pcm_rec))
 			break;