diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f8fd8b86dfa6..720ff033d4d3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8579d2d7779d7ff41ea2a0183015e0e5038f1043
+refs/heads/master: 16fb109644b5644e42ececeff644514de6f4bd03
diff --git a/trunk/sound/core/rawmidi.c b/trunk/sound/core/rawmidi.c
index 3071e6f5801e..091405385e15 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/core/rawmidi.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/core/rawmidi.c
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ static int assign_substream(struct snd_rawmidi *rmidi, int subdevice,
 	list_for_each_entry(substream, &s->substreams, list) {
 		if (substream->opened) {
 			if (stream == SNDRV_RAWMIDI_STREAM_INPUT ||
-			    !(mode & SNDRV_RAWMIDI_LFLG_APPEND))
+			    !(mode & SNDRV_RAWMIDI_LFLG_APPEND) ||
+			    !substream->append)
 				continue;
 		}
 		if (subdevice < 0 || subdevice == substream->number) {