diff --git a/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s_tdm.c b/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s_tdm.c
index f1043607ec1c..2ff2b9c4a020 100644
--- a/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s_tdm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/rockchip/rockchip_i2s_tdm.c
@@ -655,6 +655,19 @@ static int rockchip_i2s_tdm_set_fmt(struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai,
 	case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CBM_CFM:
 		val = I2S_CKR_MSS_SLAVE;
 		i2s_tdm->is_master_mode = false;
+		/*
+		 * TRCM require TX/RX enabled at the same time, or need the one
+		 * which provide clk enabled at first for master mode.
+		 *
+		 * It is quite a different for slave mode which does not have
+		 * these restrictions, because the BCLK / LRCK are provided by
+		 * external master devices.
+		 *
+		 * So, we just set the right clk path value on TRCM register on
+		 * stage probe and then drop the trcm value to make TX / RX work
+		 * independently.
+		 */
+		i2s_tdm->clk_trcm = 0;
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;