diff --git a/src/audio/pipeline.c b/src/audio/pipeline.c
index 62bd02c46..cb5386d98 100644
--- a/src/audio/pipeline.c
+++ b/src/audio/pipeline.c
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ static int pipeline_comp_complete(struct comp_dev *current, void *data,
 
 	/* complete component init */
 	current->pipeline = ppl_data->p;
-	current->frames = ppl_data->p->ipc_pipe.frames_per_sched;
 
 	pipeline_for_each_comp(current, &pipeline_comp_complete, data,
 			       NULL, dir);
@@ -286,6 +285,17 @@ static int pipeline_comp_params(struct comp_dev *current, void *data, int dir)
 	/* send current params to the component */
 	current->params = ppl_data->params->params;
 
+	/* set frames from samplerate/period, but round integer up */
+	if (current->output_rate != 0) {
+		current->frames = (current->output_rate +
+				   current->pipeline->ipc_pipe.period - 1) /
+			current->pipeline->ipc_pipe.period;
+	} else {
+		current->frames = (current->params.rate +
+				   current->pipeline->ipc_pipe.period - 1) /
+			current->pipeline->ipc_pipe.period;
+	}
+
 	err = comp_params(current);
 	if (err < 0 || err == PPL_STATUS_PATH_STOP)
 		return err;
diff --git a/src/audio/src/src.c b/src/audio/src/src.c
index 5b090f673..25bd535fd 100644
--- a/src/audio/src/src.c
+++ b/src/audio/src/src.c
@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ static struct comp_dev *src_new(struct sof_ipc_comp *comp)
 	cd->polyphase_func = src_polyphase_stage_cir;
 	src_polyphase_reset(&cd->src);
 
+	dev->output_rate = ipc_src->sink_rate;
+
 	dev->state = COMP_STATE_READY;
 	return dev;
 }
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/component.h b/src/include/sof/audio/component.h
index b9c1b85c7..91c894714 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/component.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/component.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct comp_dev {
 	uint16_t is_dma_connected; /**< component is connected to DMA */
 	uint64_t position;	   /**< component rendering position */
 	uint32_t frames;	   /**< number of frames we copy to sink */
+	uint32_t output_rate;      /**< 0 means all output rates are fine */
 	struct pipeline *pipeline; /**< pipeline we belong to */
 
 	/** common runtime configuration for downstream/upstream */