diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7df51ecb2622..2dfc6a0c77da 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0be55c453f0b46de3d4e9025749dbba571cd7b84
+refs/heads/master: 09c728aced2bb212ce060a91c28d2ee40a6bf33c
diff --git a/trunk/sound/pci/asihpi/asihpi.c b/trunk/sound/pci/asihpi/asihpi.c
index d3cab3517180..62f094c0ef08 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/pci/asihpi/asihpi.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/pci/asihpi/asihpi.c
@@ -1033,8 +1033,10 @@ static int snd_card_asihpi_playback_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 					SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP |
 					SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID;
 
-	if (card->support_grouping)
+	if (card->support_grouping) {
 		snd_card_asihpi_playback.info |= SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_START;
+		snd_pcm_set_sync(substream);
+	}
 
 	/* struct is copied, so can create initializer dynamically */
 	runtime->hw = snd_card_asihpi_playback;
@@ -1051,8 +1053,6 @@ static int snd_card_asihpi_playback_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	snd_pcm_hw_constraint_minmax(runtime, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIOD_SIZE,
 		card->update_interval_frames * 2, UINT_MAX);
 
-	snd_pcm_set_sync(substream);
-
 	snd_printdd("playback open\n");
 
 	return 0;