int direction)
 {
        struct lpass_variant *v = drvdata->variant;
-       int chan = find_first_zero_bit(&drvdata->dma_ch_bit_map,
+       int chan = 0;
+
+       if (direction == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) {
+               chan = find_first_zero_bit(&drvdata->dma_ch_bit_map,
                                        v->rdma_channels);
 
-       if (chan >= v->rdma_channels)
-               return -EBUSY;
+               if (chan >= v->rdma_channels)
+                       return -EBUSY;
+       } else {
+               chan = find_next_zero_bit(&drvdata->dma_ch_bit_map,
+                                       v->wrdma_channel_start +
+                                       v->wrdma_channels,
+                                       v->wrdma_channel_start);
+
+               if (chan >=  v->wrdma_channel_start + v->wrdma_channels)
+                       return -EBUSY;
+       }
 
        set_bit(chan, &drvdata->dma_ch_bit_map);
 
        .rdma_reg_stride        = 0x1000,
        .rdma_channels          = 2,
        .dmactl_audif_start     = 1,
+       .wrdma_reg_base         = 0xB000,
+       .wrdma_reg_stride       = 0x1000,
+       .wrdma_channel_start    = 5,
+       .wrdma_channels         = 2,
        .dai_driver             = apq8016_lpass_cpu_dai_driver,
        .num_dai                = ARRAY_SIZE(apq8016_lpass_cpu_dai_driver),
        .init                   = apq8016_lpass_init,