diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index 73bb8ee..058b403 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -33,6 +33,29 @@
 
 #define DPCM_MAX_BE_USERS	8
 
+/**
+ * snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams - set the runtime hardware parameters
+ * @substream: the pcm substream
+ * @hw: the hardware parameters
+ *
+ * Sets the substream runtime hardware parameters.
+ */
+int snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+	const struct snd_pcm_hardware *hw)
+{
+	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
+	runtime->hw.info = hw->info;
+	runtime->hw.formats = hw->formats;
+	runtime->hw.period_bytes_min = hw->period_bytes_min;
+	runtime->hw.period_bytes_max = hw->period_bytes_max;
+	runtime->hw.periods_min = hw->periods_min;
+	runtime->hw.periods_max = hw->periods_max;
+	runtime->hw.buffer_bytes_max = hw->buffer_bytes_max;
+	runtime->hw.fifo_size = hw->fifo_size;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams);
+
 /* DPCM stream event, send event to FE and all active BEs. */
 static int dpcm_dapm_stream_event(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *fe, int dir,
 	int event)