diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/rt5514-spi.c b/sound/soc/codecs/rt5514-spi.c
index 18686ffb0cd5..13809821e1f8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/rt5514-spi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/rt5514-spi.c
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ static void rt5514_spi_copy_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	runtime = rt5514_dsp->substream->runtime;
 	period_bytes = snd_pcm_lib_period_bytes(rt5514_dsp->substream);
+	if (!period_bytes) {
+		schedule_delayed_work(&rt5514_dsp->copy_work, 5);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	if (rt5514_dsp->buf_size % period_bytes)
+		rt5514_dsp->buf_size = (rt5514_dsp->buf_size / period_bytes) *
+			period_bytes;
 
 	if (rt5514_dsp->get_size >= rt5514_dsp->buf_size) {
 		rt5514_spi_burst_read(RT5514_BUFFER_VOICE_WP, (u8 *)&buf,
@@ -149,13 +157,11 @@ done:
 
 static void rt5514_schedule_copy(struct rt5514_dsp *rt5514_dsp)
 {
-	size_t period_bytes;
 	u8 buf[8];
 
 	if (!rt5514_dsp->substream)
 		return;
 
-	period_bytes = snd_pcm_lib_period_bytes(rt5514_dsp->substream);
 	rt5514_dsp->get_size = 0;
 
 	/**
@@ -183,10 +189,6 @@ static void rt5514_schedule_copy(struct rt5514_dsp *rt5514_dsp)
 
 	rt5514_dsp->buf_size = rt5514_dsp->buf_limit - rt5514_dsp->buf_base;
 
-	if (rt5514_dsp->buf_size % period_bytes)
-		rt5514_dsp->buf_size = (rt5514_dsp->buf_size / period_bytes) *
-			period_bytes;
-
 	if (rt5514_dsp->buf_base && rt5514_dsp->buf_limit &&
 		rt5514_dsp->buf_rp && rt5514_dsp->buf_size)
 		schedule_delayed_work(&rt5514_dsp->copy_work, 0);