hw->rates               = UINT_MAX;
        hw->rate_min            = 0;
        hw->rate_max            = UINT_MAX;
+       hw->channels_min        = 0;
+       hw->channels_max        = UINT_MAX;
 }
 
 static void soc_pcm_hw_update_rate(struct snd_pcm_hardware *hw,
        hw->rate_max = min_not_zero(hw->rate_max, p->rate_max);
 }
 
+static void soc_pcm_hw_update_chan(struct snd_pcm_hardware *hw,
+                                  struct snd_soc_pcm_stream *p)
+{
+       hw->channels_min = max(hw->channels_min, p->channels_min);
+       hw->channels_max = min(hw->channels_max, p->channels_max);
+}
+
 /**
  * snd_soc_runtime_calc_hw() - Calculate hw limits for a PCM stream
  * @rtd: ASoC PCM runtime
        struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai;
        struct snd_soc_pcm_stream *codec_stream;
        struct snd_soc_pcm_stream *cpu_stream;
-       unsigned int chan_min = 0, chan_max = UINT_MAX;
        unsigned int cpu_chan_min = 0, cpu_chan_max = UINT_MAX;
        u64 formats = ULLONG_MAX;
        int i;
 
                cpu_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_pcm_stream(cpu_dai, stream);
 
-               cpu_chan_min = max(cpu_chan_min, cpu_stream->channels_min);
-               cpu_chan_max = min(cpu_chan_max, cpu_stream->channels_max);
+               soc_pcm_hw_update_chan(hw, cpu_stream);
                soc_pcm_hw_update_rate(hw, cpu_stream);
                formats &= cpu_stream->formats;
        }
+       cpu_chan_min = hw->channels_min;
+       cpu_chan_max = hw->channels_max;
 
        /* second calculate min/max only for CODECs in the DAI link */
        for_each_rtd_codec_dais(rtd, i, codec_dai) {
 
                codec_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_pcm_stream(codec_dai, stream);
 
-               chan_min = max(chan_min, codec_stream->channels_min);
-               chan_max = min(chan_max, codec_stream->channels_max);
+               soc_pcm_hw_update_chan(hw, codec_stream);
                soc_pcm_hw_update_rate(hw, codec_stream);
                formats &= codec_stream->formats;
        }
 
        /* Verify both a valid CPU DAI and a valid CODEC DAI were found */
-       if (!chan_min || !cpu_chan_min)
+       if (!hw->channels_min)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        /*
         * channel allocation be fixed up later
         */
        if (rtd->num_codecs > 1) {
-               chan_min = cpu_chan_min;
-               chan_max = cpu_chan_max;
+               hw->channels_min = cpu_chan_min;
+               hw->channels_max = cpu_chan_max;
        }
 
        /* finally find a intersection between CODECs and CPUs */
-       hw->channels_min = max(chan_min, cpu_chan_min);
-       hw->channels_max = min(chan_max, cpu_chan_max);
        hw->formats = formats;
 
        return 0;
        struct snd_pcm_hardware *hw = &runtime->hw;
 
        soc_pcm_hw_update_rate(hw, stream);
-       runtime->hw.channels_min = stream->channels_min;
-       runtime->hw.channels_max = stream->channels_max;
+       soc_pcm_hw_update_chan(hw, stream);
        if (runtime->hw.formats)
                runtime->hw.formats &= stream->formats;
        else
 
                        cpu_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_pcm_stream(dai, stream);
 
-                       hw->channels_min = max(hw->channels_min,
-                                              cpu_stream->channels_min);
-                       hw->channels_max = min(hw->channels_max,
-                                              cpu_stream->channels_max);
+                       soc_pcm_hw_update_chan(hw, cpu_stream);
                }
 
                /*
                if (be->num_codecs == 1) {
                        codec_stream = snd_soc_dai_get_pcm_stream(asoc_rtd_to_codec(be, 0), stream);
 
-                       hw->channels_min = max(hw->channels_min,
-                                              codec_stream->channels_min);
-                       hw->channels_max = min(hw->channels_max,
-                                              codec_stream->channels_max);
+                       soc_pcm_hw_update_chan(hw, codec_stream);
                }
        }
 }