diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcpdm.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcpdm.c
index 4c1be36c2207..7d5bdc5a2890 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcpdm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcpdm.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ struct omap_mcpdm {
 	unsigned long phys_base;
 	void __iomem *io_base;
 	int irq;
+	struct pm_qos_request pm_qos_req;
+	int latency[2];
 
 	struct mutex mutex;
 
@@ -277,6 +279,9 @@ static void omap_mcpdm_dai_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				  struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
 	struct omap_mcpdm *mcpdm = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
+	int tx = (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
+	int stream1 = tx ? SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK : SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE;
+	int stream2 = tx ? SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE : SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mcpdm->mutex);
 
@@ -289,6 +294,14 @@ static void omap_mcpdm_dai_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (mcpdm->latency[stream2])
+		pm_qos_update_request(&mcpdm->pm_qos_req,
+				      mcpdm->latency[stream2]);
+	else if (mcpdm->latency[stream1])
+		pm_qos_remove_request(&mcpdm->pm_qos_req);
+
+	mcpdm->latency[stream1] = 0;
+
 	mutex_unlock(&mcpdm->mutex);
 }
 
@@ -300,7 +313,7 @@ static int omap_mcpdm_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	int stream = substream->stream;
 	struct snd_dmaengine_dai_dma_data *dma_data;
 	u32 threshold;
-	int channels;
+	int channels, latency;
 	int link_mask = 0;
 
 	channels = params_channels(params);
@@ -344,14 +357,25 @@ static int omap_mcpdm_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 		dma_data->maxburst =
 				(MCPDM_DN_THRES_MAX - threshold) * channels;
+		latency = threshold;
 	} else {
 		/* If playback is not running assume a stereo stream to come */
 		if (!mcpdm->config[!stream].link_mask)
 			mcpdm->config[!stream].link_mask = (0x3 << 3);
 
 		dma_data->maxburst = threshold * channels;
+		latency = (MCPDM_DN_THRES_MAX - threshold);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The DMA must act to a DMA request within latency time (usec) to avoid
+	 * under/overflow
+	 */
+	mcpdm->latency[stream] = latency * USEC_PER_SEC / params_rate(params);
+
+	if (!mcpdm->latency[stream])
+		mcpdm->latency[stream] = 10;
+
 	/* Check if we need to restart McPDM with this stream */
 	if (mcpdm->config[stream].link_mask &&
 	    mcpdm->config[stream].link_mask != link_mask)
@@ -366,6 +390,20 @@ static int omap_mcpdm_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				  struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
 	struct omap_mcpdm *mcpdm = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
+	struct pm_qos_request *pm_qos_req = &mcpdm->pm_qos_req;
+	int tx = (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
+	int stream1 = tx ? SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK : SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE;
+	int stream2 = tx ? SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE : SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK;
+	int latency = mcpdm->latency[stream2];
+
+	/* Prevent omap hardware from hitting off between FIFO fills */
+	if (!latency || mcpdm->latency[stream1] < latency)
+		latency = mcpdm->latency[stream1];
+
+	if (pm_qos_request_active(pm_qos_req))
+		pm_qos_update_request(pm_qos_req, latency);
+	else if (latency)
+		pm_qos_add_request(pm_qos_req, PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY, latency);
 
 	if (!omap_mcpdm_active(mcpdm)) {
 		omap_mcpdm_start(mcpdm);
@@ -427,6 +465,9 @@ static int omap_mcpdm_remove(struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 	free_irq(mcpdm->irq, (void *)mcpdm);
 	pm_runtime_disable(mcpdm->dev);
 
+	if (pm_qos_request_active(&mcpdm->pm_qos_req))
+		pm_qos_remove_request(&mcpdm->pm_qos_req);
+
 	return 0;
 }