diff --git a/src/audio/volume.c b/src/audio/volume.c
index fb8d9e7ea..b6872a78e 100644
--- a/src/audio/volume.c
+++ b/src/audio/volume.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static int volume_prepare(struct comp_dev *dev)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	dev->frame_bytes = cd->sink_period_bytes;
+	dev->frame_bytes = cd->sink_period_bytes / dev->frames;
 
 	/* set downstream buffer size */
 	ret = buffer_set_size(sinkb, cd->sink_period_bytes *