1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sound/core/timer.c b/sound/core/timer.c
index 22b104624084..128916c66085 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -879,7 +879,8 @@ void snd_timer_notify(snd_timer_t *timer, enum sndrv_timer_event event, struct t
         snd_timer_instance_t *ti, *ts;
         struct list_head *p, *n;
 
-        snd_runtime_check(timer->hw.flags & SNDRV_TIMER_HW_SLAVE, return);      
+        if (! (timer->hw.flags & SNDRV_TIMER_HW_SLAVE))
+                return;
         snd_assert(event >= SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_MSTART && event <= SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_MRESUME, return);
         spin_lock_irqsave(&timer->lock, flags);
         if (event == SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_MSTART ||