diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
index 0bb85f92e1069d..d88ec66728fd9c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
@@ -1623,7 +1623,6 @@ struct snd_soc_acpi_mach *hda_machine_select(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 		    mach->tplg_quirk_mask & SND_SOC_ACPI_TPLG_INTEL_SSP_NUMBER &&
 		    mach->mach_params.i2s_link_mask) {
 			int ssp_num;
-			int mclk_mask;
 
 			if (hweight_long(mach->mach_params.i2s_link_mask) > 1 &&
 			    !(mach->tplg_quirk_mask & SND_SOC_ACPI_TPLG_INTEL_SSP_MSB))
@@ -1648,19 +1647,28 @@ struct snd_soc_acpi_mach *hda_machine_select(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 
 			sof_pdata->tplg_filename = tplg_filename;
 
-			mclk_mask = check_nhlt_ssp_mclk_mask(sdev, ssp_num);
-
-			if (mclk_mask < 0) {
-				dev_err(sdev->dev, "Invalid MCLK configuration\n");
-				return NULL;
-			}
-
-			dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "MCLK mask %#x found in NHLT\n", mclk_mask);
-
-			if (mclk_mask) {
-				dev_info(sdev->dev, "Overriding topology with MCLK mask %#x from NHLT\n", mclk_mask);
-				sdev->mclk_id_override = true;
-				sdev->mclk_id_quirk = (mclk_mask & BIT(0)) ? 0 : 1;
+			if (sof_pdata->ipc_type == SOF_IPC_TYPE_3) {
+				int mclk_mask = check_nhlt_ssp_mclk_mask(sdev,
+									 ssp_num);
+
+				if (mclk_mask < 0) {
+					dev_err(sdev->dev,
+						"Invalid MCLK configuration for SSP%d\n",
+						ssp_num);
+					return NULL;
+				}
+
+				if (mclk_mask) {
+					sdev->mclk_id_override = true;
+					sdev->mclk_id_quirk = (mclk_mask & BIT(0)) ? 0 : 1;
+					dev_info(sdev->dev,
+						 "SSP%d to use MCLK id %d (mask: %#x)\n",
+						 ssp_num, sdev->mclk_id_quirk, mclk_mask);
+				} else {
+					dev_dbg(sdev->dev,
+						"MCLK mask is empty for SSP%d in NHLT\n",
+						ssp_num);
+				}
 			}
 		}