diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-utils.c b/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
index 303823dc45d7a..aa93e77ac937b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ static const struct snd_pcm_hardware dummy_dma_hardware = {
 	.info			= SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
 				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BLOCK_TRANSFER,
 	.buffer_bytes_max	= 128*1024,
-	.period_bytes_min	= PAGE_SIZE,
-	.period_bytes_max	= PAGE_SIZE*2,
+	.period_bytes_min	= 4096,
+	.period_bytes_max	= 4096*2,
 	.periods_min		= 2,
 	.periods_max		= 128,
 };