diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi
index 6f3458869ff0774779078bd420d1d47dbaf97aaf..5793c55ea52bdd47fca4571563d5e7e7bed55f3c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ sai1: audio-controller@f100000 {
 			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			dmas = <&edma0 1 4>,
 			       <&edma0 1 3>;
+			fsl,sai-asynchronous;
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
@@ -555,6 +556,7 @@ sai2: audio-controller@f110000 {
 			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			dmas = <&edma0 1 6>,
 			       <&edma0 1 5>;
+			fsl,sai-asynchronous;
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
@@ -569,6 +571,7 @@ sai3: audio-controller@f120000 {
 			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			dmas = <&edma0 1 8>,
 			       <&edma0 1 7>;
+			fsl,sai-asynchronous;
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
@@ -583,6 +586,7 @@ sai4: audio-controller@f130000 {
 			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			dmas = <&edma0 1 10>,
 			       <&edma0 1 9>;
+			fsl,sai-asynchronous;
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
@@ -597,6 +601,7 @@ sai5: audio-controller@f140000 {
 			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			dmas = <&edma0 1 12>,
 			       <&edma0 1 11>;
+			fsl,sai-asynchronous;
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
@@ -611,6 +616,7 @@ sai6: audio-controller@f150000 {
 			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			dmas = <&edma0 1 14>,
 			       <&edma0 1 13>;
+			fsl,sai-asynchronous;
 			status = "disabled";
 		};