diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index e054c583d3b3398388b0c44a6643583d7cd6ab89..fcdf358a25f050d92465ee002aa87581692bfe4e 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ struct snd_pcm_substream {
         /* -- timer section -- */
 	struct snd_timer *timer;		/* timer */
 	unsigned timer_running: 1;	/* time is running */
+	long wait_time;	/* time in ms for R/W to wait for avail */
 	/* -- next substream -- */
 	struct snd_pcm_substream *next;
 	/* -- linked substreams -- */
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
index c1d2e8e1fc6b0e7ae7f6ebd909e116dd6d1d9293..5736860f325bcb1405ef43756d588f2f39588304 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
@@ -1833,12 +1833,19 @@ static int wait_for_avail(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	if (runtime->no_period_wakeup)
 		wait_time = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 	else {
-		wait_time = 10;
-		if (runtime->rate) {
-			long t = runtime->period_size * 2 / runtime->rate;
-			wait_time = max(t, wait_time);
+		/* use wait time from substream if available */
+		if (substream->wait_time) {
+			wait_time = substream->wait_time;
+		} else {
+			wait_time = 10;
+
+			if (runtime->rate) {
+				long t = runtime->period_size * 2 /
+					 runtime->rate;
+				wait_time = max(t, wait_time);
+			}
+			wait_time = msecs_to_jiffies(wait_time * 1000);
 		}
-		wait_time = msecs_to_jiffies(wait_time * 1000);
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {