struct sun4i_i2s *i2s = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
 
        /* Enable the whole hardware block */
-       regmap_write(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
-                    SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN);
+       regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
+                          SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN);
 
        /* Enable the first output line */
        regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
                           SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_SDO_EN_MASK, 0);
 
        /* Disable the whole hardware block */
-       regmap_write(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG, 0);
+       regmap_update_bits(i2s->regmap, SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_REG,
+                          SUN4I_I2S_CTRL_GL_EN, 0);
 }
 
 static int sun4i_i2s_set_sysclk(struct snd_soc_dai *dai, int clk_id,