diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.c
index cfa40ef6b1ca..4d3804a1ea55 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.c
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ static int fsl_asrc_config_pair(struct fsl_asrc_pair *pair)
 	struct asrc_config *config = pair->config;
 	struct fsl_asrc *asrc_priv = pair->asrc_priv;
 	enum asrc_pair_index index = pair->index;
+	enum asrc_word_width input_word_width;
+	enum asrc_word_width output_word_width;
 	u32 inrate, outrate, indiv, outdiv;
 	u32 clk_index[2], div[2];
 	int in, out, channels;
@@ -283,9 +285,32 @@ static int fsl_asrc_config_pair(struct fsl_asrc_pair *pair)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* Validate output width */
-	if (config->output_word_width == ASRC_WIDTH_8_BIT) {
-		pair_err("does not support 8bit width output\n");
+	switch (snd_pcm_format_width(config->input_format)) {
+	case 8:
+		input_word_width = ASRC_WIDTH_8_BIT;
+		break;
+	case 16:
+		input_word_width = ASRC_WIDTH_16_BIT;
+		break;
+	case 24:
+		input_word_width = ASRC_WIDTH_24_BIT;
+		break;
+	default:
+		pair_err("does not support this input format, %d\n",
+			 config->input_format);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	switch (snd_pcm_format_width(config->output_format)) {
+	case 16:
+		output_word_width = ASRC_WIDTH_16_BIT;
+		break;
+	case 24:
+		output_word_width = ASRC_WIDTH_24_BIT;
+		break;
+	default:
+		pair_err("does not support this output format, %d\n",
+			 config->output_format);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -383,8 +408,8 @@ static int fsl_asrc_config_pair(struct fsl_asrc_pair *pair)
 	/* Implement word_width configurations */
 	regmap_update_bits(asrc_priv->regmap, REG_ASRMCR1(index),
 			   ASRMCR1i_OW16_MASK | ASRMCR1i_IWD_MASK,
-			   ASRMCR1i_OW16(config->output_word_width) |
-			   ASRMCR1i_IWD(config->input_word_width));
+			   ASRMCR1i_OW16(output_word_width) |
+			   ASRMCR1i_IWD(input_word_width));
 
 	/* Enable BUFFER STALL */
 	regmap_update_bits(asrc_priv->regmap, REG_ASRMCR(index),
@@ -497,13 +522,13 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				  struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
 	struct fsl_asrc *asrc_priv = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
-	int width = params_width(params);
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct fsl_asrc_pair *pair = runtime->private_data;
 	unsigned int channels = params_channels(params);
 	unsigned int rate = params_rate(params);
 	struct asrc_config config;
-	int word_width, ret;
+	snd_pcm_format_t format;
+	int ret;
 
 	ret = fsl_asrc_request_pair(channels, pair);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -513,15 +538,10 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	pair->config = &config;
 
-	if (width == 16)
-		width = ASRC_WIDTH_16_BIT;
-	else
-		width = ASRC_WIDTH_24_BIT;
-
 	if (asrc_priv->asrc_width == 16)
-		word_width = ASRC_WIDTH_16_BIT;
+		format = SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE;
 	else
-		word_width = ASRC_WIDTH_24_BIT;
+		format = SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S24_LE;
 
 	config.pair = pair->index;
 	config.channel_num = channels;
@@ -529,13 +549,13 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	config.outclk = OUTCLK_ASRCK1_CLK;
 
 	if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) {
-		config.input_word_width   = width;
-		config.output_word_width  = word_width;
+		config.input_format   = params_format(params);
+		config.output_format  = format;
 		config.input_sample_rate  = rate;
 		config.output_sample_rate = asrc_priv->asrc_rate;
 	} else {
-		config.input_word_width   = word_width;
-		config.output_word_width  = width;
+		config.input_format   = format;
+		config.output_format  = params_format(params);
 		config.input_sample_rate  = asrc_priv->asrc_rate;
 		config.output_sample_rate = rate;
 	}
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.h b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.h
index c60075112570..38af485bdd22 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.h
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc.h
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ struct asrc_config {
 	unsigned int dma_buffer_size;
 	unsigned int input_sample_rate;
 	unsigned int output_sample_rate;
-	enum asrc_word_width input_word_width;
-	enum asrc_word_width output_word_width;
+	snd_pcm_format_t input_format;
+	snd_pcm_format_t output_format;
 	enum asrc_inclk inclk;
 	enum asrc_outclk outclk;
 };
