diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 37bbfc8b45cb28..6f259e21c40ec1 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ struct snd_soc_dai_link_component {
 	const char *dai_name;
 };
 
+/* Split channels between cpu DAIs equally */
+#define SND_SOC_DAI_LINK_EVEN_CHANNEL	BIT(0)
+
 struct snd_soc_dai_link {
 	/* config - must be set by machine driver */
 	const char *name;			/* Codec name */
@@ -691,6 +694,8 @@ struct snd_soc_dai_link {
 
 	enum snd_soc_dpcm_trigger trigger[2]; /* trigger type for DPCM */
 
+	unsigned int flags[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_LAST + 1]; /* dai_link flags */
+
 	/* codec/machine specific init - e.g. add machine controls */
 	int (*init)(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd);
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
index d24e6134cedb96..adbb328f1b425c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ static void init_dai_link(struct device *dev, struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_links
 	dai_links->dpcm_capture = capture;
 	dai_links->init = init;
 	dai_links->ops = ops;
+	dai_links->flags[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE] = SND_SOC_DAI_LINK_EVEN_CHANNEL;
 }
 
 static bool is_unique_device(const struct snd_soc_acpi_link_adr *link,
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index f6caa55ef322d5..52532f50459cf2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -2012,6 +2012,14 @@ int dpcm_be_dai_hw_params(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *fe, int stream)
 		dev_dbg(be->dev, "ASoC: hw_params BE %s\n",
 			be->dai_link->name);
 
+		if (be->dai_link->flags[stream] & SND_SOC_DAI_LINK_EVEN_CHANNEL) {
+			struct snd_interval *channels;
+
+			channels = hw_param_interval(&hw_params, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS);
+			channels->min /= be->dai_link->num_cpus;
+			channels->max = channels->min;
+		}
+
 		ret = __soc_pcm_hw_params(be, be_substream, &hw_params);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto unwind;