* build the rate table and bitmap flags
                 */
                int r, idx, c;
+               unsigned int nonzero_rates = 0;
                /* this table corresponds to the SNDRV_PCM_RATE_XXX bit */
                static unsigned int conv_rates[] = {
                        5512, 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000,
                            fp->altsetting == 5 && fp->maxpacksize == 392)
                                rate = 96000;
                        fp->rate_table[r] = rate;
+                       nonzero_rates |= rate;
                        if (rate < fp->rate_min)
                                fp->rate_min = rate;
                        else if (rate > fp->rate_max)
                        if (!found)
                                fp->needs_knot = 1;
                }
+               if (!nonzero_rates) {
+                       hwc_debug("All rates were zero. Skipping format!\n");
+                       return -1;
+               }
                if (fp->needs_knot)
                        fp->rates |= SNDRV_PCM_RATE_KNOT;
        } else {