diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
index fd41697cb4d3..7eee52eb7462 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ typedef int __bitwise snd_pcm_subformat_t;
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID	0x00000002	/* period data are valid during transfer */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_DOUBLE		0x00000004	/* Double buffering needed for PCM start/stop */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BATCH		0x00000010	/* double buffering */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR	0x00000020	/* need the explicit sync of appl_ptr update */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED	0x00000100	/* channels are interleaved */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_NONINTERLEAVED	0x00000200	/* channels are not interleaved */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_COMPLEX		0x00000400	/* complex frame organization (mmap only) */
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index d35c6614fdab..9ade0c8b54a3 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -3376,10 +3376,29 @@ static int snd_pcm_mmap_control(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct file
 	area->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static bool pcm_status_mmap_allowed(struct snd_pcm_file *pcm_file)
+{
+	if (pcm_file->no_compat_mmap)
+		return false;
+	/* Disallow the status/control mmap when SYNC_APPLPTR flag is set;
+	 * it enforces the user-space to fall back to snd_pcm_sync_ptr(),
+	 * thus it effectively assures the manual update of appl_ptr.
+	 * In theory, it should be enough to disallow only PCM control mmap,
+	 * but since the current alsa-lib implementation requires both status
+	 * and control mmaps always paired, we have to disable both of them.
+	 */
+	if (pcm_file->substream->runtime->hw.info & SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 #else /* ! coherent mmap */
 /*
  * don't support mmap for status and control records.
  */
+#define pcm_status_mmap_allowed(pcm_file)	false
+
 static int snd_pcm_mmap_status(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct file *file,
 			       struct vm_area_struct *area)
 {
@@ -3563,11 +3582,11 @@ static int snd_pcm_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *area)
 	offset = area->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	switch (offset) {
 	case SNDRV_PCM_MMAP_OFFSET_STATUS:
-		if (pcm_file->no_compat_mmap)
+		if (!pcm_status_mmap_allowed(pcm_file))
 			return -ENXIO;
 		return snd_pcm_mmap_status(substream, file, area);
 	case SNDRV_PCM_MMAP_OFFSET_CONTROL:
-		if (pcm_file->no_compat_mmap)
+		if (!pcm_status_mmap_allowed(pcm_file))
 			return -ENXIO;
 		return snd_pcm_mmap_control(substream, file, area);
 	default: