diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-pcm.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-pcm.c
index 374dc10d10fd52..cb9a06792a47cd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc4-pcm.c
@@ -727,6 +727,58 @@ static int sof_ipc4_pcm_dai_link_fixup_rate(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int sof_ipc4_pcm_dai_link_fixup_channels(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
+						struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
+						struct sof_ipc4_copier *ipc4_copier)
+{
+	struct sof_ipc4_pin_format *pin_fmts = ipc4_copier->available_fmt.input_pin_fmts;
+	struct snd_interval *channels = hw_param_interval(params, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS);
+	int num_input_formats = ipc4_copier->available_fmt.num_input_formats;
+	unsigned int fe_channels = params_channels(params);
+	bool fe_be_match = false;
+	bool single_be_channels = true;
+	unsigned int be_channels, val;
+	int i;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!num_input_formats))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Copier does not change channels, so we
+	 * need to only consider the input pin information.
+	 */
+	be_channels = SOF_IPC4_AUDIO_FORMAT_CFG_CHANNELS_COUNT(pin_fmts[0].audio_fmt.fmt_cfg);
+	for (i = 0; i < num_input_formats; i++) {
+		val = SOF_IPC4_AUDIO_FORMAT_CFG_CHANNELS_COUNT(pin_fmts[i].audio_fmt.fmt_cfg);
+
+		if (val != be_channels)
+			single_be_channels = false;
+
+		if (val == fe_channels) {
+			fe_be_match = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If channels is different than FE channels, topology must contain a
+	 * module which can change the number of channels. But we do require
+	 * topology to define a single channels in the DAI copier config in
+	 * this case (FE channels may be variable).
+	 */
+	if (!fe_be_match) {
+		if (!single_be_channels) {
+			dev_err(sdev->dev, "Unable to select channels for DAI link\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		channels->min = be_channels;
+		channels->max = be_channels;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int sof_ipc4_pcm_dai_link_fixup(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd,
 				       struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params)
 {
@@ -790,6 +842,10 @@ static int sof_ipc4_pcm_dai_link_fixup(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = sof_ipc4_pcm_dai_link_fixup_channels(sdev, params, ipc4_copier);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (single_bitdepth) {
 		snd_mask_none(fmt);
 		valid_bits = SOF_IPC4_AUDIO_FORMAT_CFG_V_BIT_DEPTH(ipc4_fmt->fmt_cfg);