diff --git a/src/drivers/ssp.c b/src/drivers/ssp.c
index c285af346..2b5b89e52 100644
--- a/src/drivers/ssp.c
+++ b/src/drivers/ssp.c
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ static inline int ssp_set_config(struct dai *dai, struct dai_config *dai_config)
 	case DAI_FMT_I2S:
 		sscr0 |= SSCR0_PSP;
 		sscr1 |= SSCR1_TRAIL;
-		sspsp |= SSPSP_SFRMWDTH(dai->config.frame_size + 1);
-		sspsp |= SSPSP_SFRMDLY((dai->config.frame_size + 1) * 2);
+		sspsp |= SSPSP_SFRMWDTH(dai->config.sample_size + 1);
+		sspsp |= SSPSP_SFRMDLY((dai->config.sample_size + 1) * 2);
 		sspsp |= SSPSP_DMYSTRT(1);
 		break;
 	case DAI_FMT_DSP_A:
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ static inline int ssp_set_config(struct dai *dai, struct dai_config *dai_config)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* frame size */
-	if (dai->config.frame_size > 16)
-		sscr0 |= (SSCR0_EDSS | SSCR0_DSIZE(dai->config.frame_size - 16));
+	/* sample size */
+	if (dai->config.sample_size > 16)
+		sscr0 |= (SSCR0_EDSS | SSCR0_DSIZE(dai->config.sample_size - 16));
 	else
-		sscr0 |= SSCR0_DSIZE(dai->config.frame_size);
+		sscr0 |= SSCR0_DSIZE(dai->config.sample_size);
 
 	/* watermarks - TODO: do we still need old sscr1 method ?? */
 	sscr1 |= (SSCR1_TX(4) | SSCR1_RX(4));
diff --git a/src/include/reef/dai.h b/src/include/reef/dai.h
index cfcc42889..5e301e16b 100644
--- a/src/include/reef/dai.h
+++ b/src/include/reef/dai.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct dai_slot_map {
 /* DAI runtime hardware configuration */
 struct dai_config {
 	uint32_t format;
-	uint32_t frame_size;	/* in BCLKs */
+	uint32_t sample_size;	/* in BCLKs */
 	struct dai_slot_map tx_slot_map[DAI_NUM_SLOT_MAPS];
 	struct dai_slot_map rx_slot_map[DAI_NUM_SLOT_MAPS];
 	uint32_t bclk;	/* BCLK frequency in Hz */
diff --git a/src/ipc/intel-ipc.c b/src/ipc/intel-ipc.c
index bfffaf64e..127541dd0 100644
--- a/src/ipc/intel-ipc.c
+++ b/src/ipc/intel-ipc.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static uint32_t ipc_device_set_formats(uint32_t header)
 	dai_dev->dai_config.mclk = config_req.clock_frequency;
 	dai_dev->dai_config.format = DAI_FMT_I2S | DAI_FMT_CONT |
 		DAI_FMT_NB_NF | DAI_FMT_CBS_CFS;
-	dai_dev->dai_config.frame_size = 24; /* really sample size */
+	dai_dev->dai_config.sample_size = 24;
 	dai_dev->dai_config.bclk = 2400000;
 	dai_dev->dai_config.mclk = 19200000;
 	dai_dev->dai_config.clk_src = SSP_CLK_EXT;