diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
index 56ecfc7..81490fe 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
@@ -631,7 +631,8 @@
 				       int word_length)
 {
 	u32 fmt;
-	u32 rotate = (word_length / 4) & 0x7;
+	u32 tx_rotate = (word_length / 4) & 0x7;
+	u32 rx_rotate = (32 - word_length) / 4;
 	u32 mask = (1ULL << word_length) - 1;
 
 	/*
@@ -655,9 +656,9 @@
 		mcasp_mod_bits(dev->base + DAVINCI_MCASP_TXFMT_REG,
 				TXSSZ(fmt), TXSSZ(0x0F));
 		mcasp_mod_bits(dev->base + DAVINCI_MCASP_TXFMT_REG,
-				TXROT(rotate), TXROT(7));
+				TXROT(tx_rotate), TXROT(7));
 		mcasp_mod_bits(dev->base + DAVINCI_MCASP_RXFMT_REG,
-				RXROT(rotate), RXROT(7));
+				RXROT(rx_rotate), RXROT(7));
 		mcasp_set_reg(dev->base + DAVINCI_MCASP_RXMASK_REG,
 				mask);
 	}