diff --git a/include/sound/memalloc.h b/include/sound/memalloc.h
index 5f73785f5977..782d1df34208 100644
--- a/include/sound/memalloc.h
+++ b/include/sound/memalloc.h
@@ -149,13 +149,6 @@ int snd_dma_alloc_pages_fallback(int type, struct device *dev, size_t size,
                                  struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab);
 void snd_dma_free_pages(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab);
 
-/* buffer-preservation managements */
-
-#define snd_dma_pci_buf_id(pci)	(((unsigned int)(pci)->vendor << 16) | (pci)->device)
-
-size_t snd_dma_get_reserved_buf(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, unsigned int id);
-int snd_dma_reserve_buf(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, unsigned int id);
-
 /* basic memory allocation functions */
 void *snd_malloc_pages(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags);
 void snd_free_pages(void *ptr, size_t size);
diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index 84b10f9a2832..fe6ca400b9ad 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ struct snd_pcm_substream {
 	struct pm_qos_request latency_pm_qos_req; /* pm_qos request */
 	size_t buffer_bytes_max;	/* limit ring buffer size */
 	struct snd_dma_buffer dma_buffer;
-	unsigned int dma_buf_id;
 	size_t dma_max;
 	/* -- hardware operations -- */
 	const struct snd_pcm_ops *ops;
diff --git a/sound/core/memalloc.c b/sound/core/memalloc.c
index bfaf4f04d91d..be1544ac4613 100644
--- a/sound/core/memalloc.c
+++ b/sound/core/memalloc.c
@@ -41,22 +41,6 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Memory allocator for ALSA system.");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 
-/*
- */
-
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(list_mutex);
-static LIST_HEAD(mem_list_head);
-
-/* buffer preservation list */
-struct snd_mem_list {
-	struct snd_dma_buffer buffer;
-	unsigned int id;
-	struct list_head list;
-};
-
-/* id for pre-allocated buffers */
-#define SNDRV_DMA_DEVICE_UNUSED (unsigned int)-1
-
 /*
  *
  *  Generic memory allocators
@@ -318,251 +302,6 @@ void snd_dma_free_pages(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab)
 	}
 }
 
-
-/**
- * snd_dma_get_reserved - get the reserved buffer for the given device
- * @dmab: the buffer allocation record to store
- * @id: the buffer id
- *
- * Looks for the reserved-buffer list and re-uses if the same buffer
- * is found in the list.  When the buffer is found, it's removed from the free list.
- *
- * Return: The size of buffer if the buffer is found, or zero if not found.
- */
-size_t snd_dma_get_reserved_buf(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, unsigned int id)
-{
-	struct snd_mem_list *mem;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(!dmab))
-		return 0;
-
-	mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(mem, &mem_list_head, list) {
-		if (mem->id == id &&
-		    (mem->buffer.dev.dev == NULL || dmab->dev.dev == NULL ||
-		     ! memcmp(&mem->buffer.dev, &dmab->dev, sizeof(dmab->dev)))) {
-			struct device *dev = dmab->dev.dev;
-			list_del(&mem->list);
-			*dmab = mem->buffer;
-			if (dmab->dev.dev == NULL)
-				dmab->dev.dev = dev;
-			kfree(mem);
-			mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
-			return dmab->bytes;
-		}
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * snd_dma_reserve_buf - reserve the buffer
- * @dmab: the buffer to reserve
- * @id: the buffer id
- *
- * Reserves the given buffer as a reserved buffer.
- *
- * Return: Zero if successful, or a negative code on error.
- */
-int snd_dma_reserve_buf(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, unsigned int id)
-{
-	struct snd_mem_list *mem;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(!dmab))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	mem = kmalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (! mem)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
-	mem->buffer = *dmab;
-	mem->id = id;
-	list_add_tail(&mem->list, &mem_list_head);
-	mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * purge all reserved buffers
- */
-static void free_all_reserved_pages(void)
-{
-	struct list_head *p;
-	struct snd_mem_list *mem;
-
-	mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
-	while (! list_empty(&mem_list_head)) {
-		p = mem_list_head.next;
-		mem = list_entry(p, struct snd_mem_list, list);
-		list_del(p);
-		snd_dma_free_pages(&mem->buffer);
-		kfree(mem);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
-}
-
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-/*
- * proc file interface
- */
-#define SND_MEM_PROC_FILE	"driver/snd-page-alloc"
-static struct proc_dir_entry *snd_mem_proc;
-
-static int snd_mem_proc_read(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
-{
-	struct snd_mem_list *mem;
-	int devno;
-	static char *types[] = { "UNKNOWN", "CONT", "DEV", "DEV-SG" };
-
-	mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
-	devno = 0;
-	list_for_each_entry(mem, &mem_list_head, list) {
-		devno++;
-		seq_printf(seq, "buffer %d : ID %08x : type %s\n",
-			   devno, mem->id, types[mem->buffer.dev.type]);
-		seq_printf(seq, "  addr = 0x%lx, size = %d bytes\n",
-			   (unsigned long)mem->buffer.addr,
-			   (int)mem->buffer.bytes);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int snd_mem_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	return single_open(file, snd_mem_proc_read, NULL);
-}
-
-/* FIXME: for pci only - other bus? */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PCI
-#define gettoken(bufp) strsep(bufp, " \t\n")
-
-static ssize_t snd_mem_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user * buffer,
-				  size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
-{
-	char buf[128];
-	char *token, *p;
-
-	if (count > sizeof(buf) - 1)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, count))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	buf[count] = '\0';
-
-	p = buf;
-	token = gettoken(&p);
-	if (! token || *token == '#')
-		return count;
-	if (strcmp(token, "add") == 0) {
-		char *endp;
-		int vendor, device, size, buffers;
-		long mask;
-		int i, alloced;
-		struct pci_dev *pci;
-
-		if ((token = gettoken(&p)) == NULL ||
-		    (vendor = simple_strtol(token, NULL, 0)) <= 0 ||
-		    (token = gettoken(&p)) == NULL ||
-		    (device = simple_strtol(token, NULL, 0)) <= 0 ||
-		    (token = gettoken(&p)) == NULL ||
-		    (mask = simple_strtol(token, NULL, 0)) < 0 ||
-		    (token = gettoken(&p)) == NULL ||
-		    (size = memparse(token, &endp)) < 64*1024 ||
-		    size > 16*1024*1024 /* too big */ ||
-		    (token = gettoken(&p)) == NULL ||
-		    (buffers = simple_strtol(token, NULL, 0)) <= 0 ||
-		    buffers > 4) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "snd-page-alloc: invalid proc write format\n");
-			return count;
-		}
-		vendor &= 0xffff;
-		device &= 0xffff;
-
-		alloced = 0;
-		pci = NULL;
-		while ((pci = pci_get_device(vendor, device, pci)) != NULL) {
-			if (mask > 0 && mask < 0xffffffff) {
-				if (pci_set_dma_mask(pci, mask) < 0 ||
-				    pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(pci, mask) < 0) {
-					printk(KERN_ERR "snd-page-alloc: cannot set DMA mask %lx for pci %04x:%04x\n", mask, vendor, device);
-					pci_dev_put(pci);
-					return count;
-				}
-			}
-			for (i = 0; i < buffers; i++) {
-				struct snd_dma_buffer dmab;
-				memset(&dmab, 0, sizeof(dmab));
-				if (snd_dma_alloc_pages(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV, snd_dma_pci_data(pci),
-							size, &dmab) < 0) {
-					printk(KERN_ERR "snd-page-alloc: cannot allocate buffer pages (size = %d)\n", size);
-					pci_dev_put(pci);
-					return count;
-				}
-				snd_dma_reserve_buf(&dmab, snd_dma_pci_buf_id(pci));
-			}
-			alloced++;
-		}
-		if (! alloced) {
-			for (i = 0; i < buffers; i++) {
-				struct snd_dma_buffer dmab;
-				memset(&dmab, 0, sizeof(dmab));
-				/* FIXME: We can allocate only in ZONE_DMA
-				 * without a device pointer!
-				 */
-				if (snd_dma_alloc_pages(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV, NULL,
-							size, &dmab) < 0) {
-					printk(KERN_ERR "snd-page-alloc: cannot allocate buffer pages (size = %d)\n", size);
-					break;
-				}
-				snd_dma_reserve_buf(&dmab, (unsigned int)((vendor << 16) | device));
-			}
-		}
-	} else if (strcmp(token, "erase") == 0)
-		/* FIXME: need for releasing each buffer chunk? */
-		free_all_reserved_pages();
-	else
-		printk(KERN_ERR "snd-page-alloc: invalid proc cmd\n");
-	return count;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PCI */
-
-static const struct file_operations snd_mem_proc_fops = {
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
-	.open		= snd_mem_proc_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-#ifdef CONFIG_PCI
-	.write		= snd_mem_proc_write,
-#endif
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= single_release,
-};
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
-
-/*
- * module entry
- */
-
-static int __init snd_mem_init(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	snd_mem_proc = proc_create(SND_MEM_PROC_FILE, 0644, NULL,
-				   &snd_mem_proc_fops);
-#endif
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit snd_mem_exit(void)
-{
-	remove_proc_entry(SND_MEM_PROC_FILE, NULL);
-	free_all_reserved_pages();
-}
-
-
-module_init(snd_mem_init)
-module_exit(snd_mem_exit)
-
-
 /*
  * exports
  */
@@ -570,8 +309,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_dma_alloc_pages);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_dma_alloc_pages_fallback);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_dma_free_pages);
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_dma_get_reserved_buf);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_dma_reserve_buf);
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_malloc_pages);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_free_pages);
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_memory.c b/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
index 0af622c34e19..01f8eafebda6 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ static int preallocate_pcm_pages(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, size_t siz
 	struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab = &substream->dma_buffer;
 	int err;
 
-	/* already reserved? */
-	if (snd_dma_get_reserved_buf(dmab, substream->dma_buf_id) > 0) {
-		if (dmab->bytes >= size)
-			return 0; /* yes */
-		/* no, free the reserved block */
-		snd_dma_free_pages(dmab);
-		dmab->bytes = 0;
-	}
-
 	do {
 		if ((err = snd_dma_alloc_pages(dmab->dev.type, dmab->dev.dev,
 					       size, dmab)) < 0) {
@@ -82,10 +73,7 @@ static void snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_dma_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream
 {
 	if (substream->dma_buffer.area == NULL)
 		return;
-	if (substream->dma_buf_id)
-		snd_dma_reserve_buf(&substream->dma_buffer, substream->dma_buf_id);
-	else
-		snd_dma_free_pages(&substream->dma_buffer);
+	snd_dma_free_pages(&substream->dma_buffer);
 	substream->dma_buffer.area = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -260,11 +248,6 @@ static int snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages1(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
  *
  * Do pre-allocation for the given DMA buffer type.
  *
- * When substream->dma_buf_id is set, the function tries to look for
- * the reserved buffer, and the buffer is not freed but reserved at
- * destruction time.  The dma_buf_id must be unique for all systems
- * (in the same DMA buffer type) e.g. using snd_dma_pci_buf_id().
- *
  * Return: Zero if successful, or a negative error code on failure.
  */
 int snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
diff --git a/sound/pci/es1968.c b/sound/pci/es1968.c
index b0e3d92c4656..772cc36f951d 100644
--- a/sound/pci/es1968.c
+++ b/sound/pci/es1968.c
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ static void snd_es1968_free_dmabuf(struct es1968 *chip)
 
 	if (! chip->dma.area)
 		return;
-	snd_dma_reserve_buf(&chip->dma, snd_dma_pci_buf_id(chip->pci));
+	snd_dma_free_pages(&chip->dma);
 	while ((p = chip->buf_list.next) != &chip->buf_list) {
 		struct esm_memory *chunk = list_entry(p, struct esm_memory, list);
 		list_del(p);
@@ -1438,20 +1438,18 @@ snd_es1968_init_dmabuf(struct es1968 *chip)
 
 	chip->dma.dev.type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV;
 	chip->dma.dev.dev = snd_dma_pci_data(chip->pci);
-	if (! snd_dma_get_reserved_buf(&chip->dma, snd_dma_pci_buf_id(chip->pci))) {
-		err = snd_dma_alloc_pages_fallback(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV,
-						   snd_dma_pci_data(chip->pci),
-						   chip->total_bufsize, &chip->dma);
-		if (err < 0 || ! chip->dma.area) {
-			snd_printk(KERN_ERR "es1968: can't allocate dma pages for size %d\n",
-				   chip->total_bufsize);
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-		if ((chip->dma.addr + chip->dma.bytes - 1) & ~((1 << 28) - 1)) {
-			snd_dma_free_pages(&chip->dma);
-			snd_printk(KERN_ERR "es1968: DMA buffer beyond 256MB.\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+	err = snd_dma_alloc_pages_fallback(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV,
+					   snd_dma_pci_data(chip->pci),
+					   chip->total_bufsize, &chip->dma);
+	if (err < 0 || ! chip->dma.area) {
+		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "es1968: can't allocate dma pages for size %d\n",
+			   chip->total_bufsize);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	if ((chip->dma.addr + chip->dma.bytes - 1) & ~((1 << 28) - 1)) {
+		snd_dma_free_pages(&chip->dma);
+		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "es1968: DMA buffer beyond 256MB.\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&chip->buf_list);
diff --git a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c
index f59a321a6d6a..bd90c80bb494 100644
--- a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c
+++ b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c
@@ -584,10 +584,6 @@ static int snd_hammerfall_get_buffer(struct pci_dev *pci, struct snd_dma_buffer
 {
 	dmab->dev.type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV;
 	dmab->dev.dev = snd_dma_pci_data(pci);
-	if (snd_dma_get_reserved_buf(dmab, snd_dma_pci_buf_id(pci))) {
-		if (dmab->bytes >= size)
-			return 0;
-	}
 	if (snd_dma_alloc_pages(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV, snd_dma_pci_data(pci),
 				size, dmab) < 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -596,10 +592,8 @@ static int snd_hammerfall_get_buffer(struct pci_dev *pci, struct snd_dma_buffer
 
 static void snd_hammerfall_free_buffer(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, struct pci_dev *pci)
 {
-	if (dmab->area) {
-		dmab->dev.dev = NULL; /* make it anonymous */
-		snd_dma_reserve_buf(dmab, snd_dma_pci_buf_id(pci));
-	}
+	if (dmab->area)
+		snd_dma_free_pages(dmab);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sound/pci/rme9652/rme9652.c b/sound/pci/rme9652/rme9652.c
index 3717f2dd30be..1503ee3585fd 100644
--- a/sound/pci/rme9652/rme9652.c
+++ b/sound/pci/rme9652/rme9652.c
@@ -294,10 +294,6 @@ static int snd_hammerfall_get_buffer(struct pci_dev *pci, struct snd_dma_buffer
 {
 	dmab->dev.type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV;
 	dmab->dev.dev = snd_dma_pci_data(pci);
-	if (snd_dma_get_reserved_buf(dmab, snd_dma_pci_buf_id(pci))) {
-		if (dmab->bytes >= size)
-			return 0;
-	}
 	if (snd_dma_alloc_pages(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV, snd_dma_pci_data(pci),
 				size, dmab) < 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -306,10 +302,8 @@ static int snd_hammerfall_get_buffer(struct pci_dev *pci, struct snd_dma_buffer
 
 static void snd_hammerfall_free_buffer(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, struct pci_dev *pci)
 {
-	if (dmab->area) {
-		dmab->dev.dev = NULL; /* make it anonymous */
-		snd_dma_reserve_buf(dmab, snd_dma_pci_buf_id(pci));
-	}
+	if (dmab->area)
+		snd_dma_free_pages(dmab);
 }