diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1d1a1bc0a509..ad5fc38e1483 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a810364a0424c297242c6c66071a42f7675a5568
+refs/heads/master: b4a655e81d4d1d12abc92d29dfb7550e66a08799
diff --git a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index 45cd02f1ad88..5f2d05a8d0eb 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static unsigned int azx_via_get_position(struct azx *chip,
 	unsigned int fifo_size;
 
 	link_pos = azx_sd_readl(azx_dev, SD_LPIB);
-	if (azx_dev->index >= 4) {
+	if (azx_dev->substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) {
 		/* Playback, no problem using link position */
 		return link_pos;
 	}