diff --git a/src/audio/copier/copier_dai.c b/src/audio/copier/copier_dai.c
index 821aa59d7640..ceb93b2a22bf 100644
--- a/src/audio/copier/copier_dai.c
+++ b/src/audio/copier/copier_dai.c
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ __cold int copier_dai_create(struct comp_dev *dev, struct copier_data *cd,
 	dai.is_config_blob = true;
 	dai.sampling_frequency = copier->out_fmt.sampling_frequency;
 	dai.feature_mask = copier->copier_feature_mask;
+	dai.gtw_fmt = (dai.direction == SOF_IPC_STREAM_PLAYBACK) ?
+		&cd->config.out_fmt : &cd->config.base.audio_fmt;
 
 	switch (node_id.f.dma_type) {
 	case ipc4_hda_link_output_class:
@@ -303,7 +305,6 @@ __cold int copier_dai_create(struct comp_dev *dev, struct copier_data *cd,
 			comp_err(dev, "No ssp dma_config found in blob!");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		dai.out_fmt = &copier->out_fmt;
 		break;
 	case ipc4_alh_link_output_class:
 	case ipc4_alh_link_input_class:
@@ -330,7 +331,6 @@ __cold int copier_dai_create(struct comp_dev *dev, struct copier_data *cd,
 			comp_err(dev, "No dmic dma_config found in blob!");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		dai.out_fmt = &copier->out_fmt;
 #if CONFIG_COPIER_GAIN
 		dai.apply_gain = true;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/audio/dai-zephyr.c b/src/audio/dai-zephyr.c
index e653e93ae082..a082e8c40650 100644
--- a/src/audio/dai-zephyr.c
+++ b/src/audio/dai-zephyr.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ __cold int dai_set_config(struct dai *dai, struct ipc_config_dai *common_config,
 {
 	const struct device *dev = dai->dev;
 	const struct sof_ipc_dai_config *sof_cfg = spec_config;
-	struct dai_config cfg;
+	struct dai_config cfg = {0};
 	const void *cfg_params;
 	bool is_blob;
 
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/ipc-config.h b/src/include/sof/audio/ipc-config.h
index 49dbb9eac217..1eb6b9cca555 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/ipc-config.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/ipc-config.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct ipc_config_dai {
 					  */
 	/**< DMA configs - required for ACE 2.0 and newer */
 	struct ipc_dma_config *host_dma_config[GTW_DMA_DEVICE_MAX_COUNT];
-	const struct ipc4_audio_format *out_fmt;/**< audio format for output pin 0 - required
+	const struct ipc4_audio_format *gtw_fmt;/**< audio format for gateway DMA data - required
 						  * for ACE 2.0 and newer
 						  */
 	/* Gain feature flag */
diff --git a/src/ipc/ipc4/dai.c b/src/ipc/ipc4/dai.c
index dd55236f0917..9f63fd4196f7 100644
--- a/src/ipc/ipc4/dai.c
+++ b/src/ipc/ipc4/dai.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void dai_set_link_hda_config(uint16_t *link_config,
 			     const void *spec_config)
 {
 #if ACE_VERSION > ACE_VERSION_1_5
-	const struct ipc4_audio_format *out_fmt = common_config->out_fmt;
+	const struct ipc4_audio_format *gtw_fmt = common_config->gtw_fmt;
 	union hdalink_cfg link_cfg;
 
 	switch (common_config->type) {
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ void dai_set_link_hda_config(uint16_t *link_config,
 		break;
 	case SOF_DAI_INTEL_DMIC:
 		link_cfg.full = 0;
-		if (out_fmt->depth == IPC4_DEPTH_16BIT) {
+		if (gtw_fmt->depth == IPC4_DEPTH_16BIT) {
 			/* 16bit dmic packs two 16bit samples into single 32bit word
 			 * fw needs to adjust channel count to match final sample
 			 * group size
 			 */
-			link_cfg.part.hchan = (out_fmt->channels_count - 1) / 2;
+			link_cfg.part.hchan = (gtw_fmt->channels_count - 1) / 2;
 		} else {
-			link_cfg.part.hchan = out_fmt->channels_count - 1;
+			link_cfg.part.hchan = gtw_fmt->channels_count - 1;
 		}
 		link_cfg.part.stream = common_config->host_dma_config[0]->stream_id;
 		break;