diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6196102f40cf..5e5dc6ee5122 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f217ac59b6dd73105abc13da3fe656391fa6d135
+refs/heads/master: 18dd0aa5afea7dc33953aa87de696e39074bbf78
diff --git a/trunk/sound/core/control.c b/trunk/sound/core/control.c
index bc64b723415b..a8b7fabe645e 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/core/control.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/core/control.c
@@ -436,6 +436,10 @@ static int snd_ctl_remove_user_ctl(struct snd_ctl_file * file,
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto error;
 	}
+	if (!(kctl->vd[0].access & SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_USER)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto error;
+	}
 	for (idx = 0; idx < kctl->count; idx++)
 		if (kctl->vd[idx].owner != NULL && kctl->vd[idx].owner != file) {
 			ret = -EBUSY;