diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
index af11848a7..6ecf4a0b6 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
@@ -973,13 +973,6 @@ int spa_alsa_init(struct state *state, const struct spa_dict *info)
 	if (info && (str = spa_dict_lookup(info, "device.profile.pro")) != NULL)
 		state->is_pro = spa_atob(str);
 
-	if (info && spa_strstartswith(spa_dict_lookup(info, SPA_KEY_API_ALSA_CARD_NAME), "sof-") &&
-	    state->stream == SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) {
-		state->use_period_size_min_as_headroom = true;
-		spa_log_info(state->log,
-			     "ALSA SOF driver detected: default api.alsa.use-period-size-min-as-headroom=true");
-	}
-
 	state->multi_rate = true;
 	state->htimestamp = false;
 	state->htimestamp_max_errors = MAX_HTIMESTAMP_ERROR;
@@ -1045,6 +1038,19 @@ int spa_alsa_init(struct state *state, const struct spa_dict *info)
 		state->iec958_codecs |= 1ULL << SPA_AUDIO_IEC958_CODEC_PCM;
 	}
 
+	if (info && spa_strstartswith(spa_dict_lookup(info, SPA_KEY_API_ALSA_CARD_NAME), "sof-") &&
+	    state->stream == SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) {
+		state->use_period_size_min_as_headroom = true;
+		spa_log_info(state->log,
+			     "ALSA SOF driver detected: default api.alsa.use-period-size-min-as-headroom=true");
+
+		if (info && spa_strstartswith(spa_dict_lookup(info, "alsa.id"), "HDMI")) {
+			state->props.use_chmap = false;
+			spa_log_info(state->log, "Disable use-chmap by default for SOF %s",
+				     spa_dict_lookup(info, "alsa.id"));
+		}
+	}
+
 	state->card = ensure_card(state->card_index, state->open_ucm, state->is_split_parent);
 
 	state->log_file = fopencookie(state, "w", io_funcs);