diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
index ac7bf2b7e3edbb..df67232ce898c6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
@@ -1141,9 +1141,10 @@ static int sof_card_dai_links_create(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 	}
 	/*
 	 * mach_params->dmic_num will be used to set the cfg-mics value of card->components
-	 * string. Overwrite it to the actual number of PCH DMICs used in the device.
+	 * string. And dmic_num is the number of the dmic dai links. Overwrite it if dmic_num
+	 * is set because of the SOC_SDW_PCH_DMIC quirk.
 	 */
-	mach_params->dmic_num = dmic_num;
+	mach_params->dmic_num = mach_params->dmic_num ? mach_params->dmic_num : dmic_num;
 
 	if (sof_sdw_quirk & SOF_SSP_BT_OFFLOAD_PRESENT)
 		bt_num = 1;