diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4d8bbd495c0e..c24075e04bc6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 983929cafc4225d61f50b3e35cf892606a15bc69
+refs/heads/master: 08ede038a738f22c1b3425051175e1d627d8dd43
diff --git a/trunk/sound/core/control.c b/trunk/sound/core/control.c
index 7f2b3a7eabb2..dc2a44048c85 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/core/control.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/core/control.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ static int snd_ctl_elem_add(struct snd_ctl_file *file,
 	struct user_element *ue;
 	int idx, err;
 
-	if (card->user_ctl_count >= MAX_USER_CONTROLS)
+	if (!replace && card->user_ctl_count >= MAX_USER_CONTROLS)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (info->count < 1)
 		return -EINVAL;