diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
index caa0bebcd7f4..c1c9c2e3525b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
@@ -908,6 +908,14 @@ static int mcasp_i2s_hw_param(struct davinci_mcasp *mcasp, int stream,
 		mcasp_set_bits(mcasp, DAVINCI_MCASP_RXFMT_REG, busel | RXORD);
 		mcasp_mod_bits(mcasp, DAVINCI_MCASP_RXFMCTL_REG,
 			       FSRMOD(total_slots), FSRMOD(0x1FF));
+		/*
+		 * If McASP is set to be TX/RX synchronous and the playback is
+		 * not running already we need to configure the TX slots in
+		 * order to have correct FSX on the bus
+		 */
+		if (mcasp_is_synchronous(mcasp) && !mcasp->channels)
+			mcasp_mod_bits(mcasp, DAVINCI_MCASP_TXFMCTL_REG,
+				       FSXMOD(total_slots), FSXMOD(0x1FF));
 	}
 
 	return 0;