diff --git a/include/sound/dmaengine_pcm.h b/include/sound/dmaengine_pcm.h
index a8fcaa6d531f..ea5791583fed 100644
--- a/include/sound/dmaengine_pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/dmaengine_pcm.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void *snd_dmaengine_pcm_get_data(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 int snd_hwparams_to_dma_slave_config(const struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	const struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params, struct dma_slave_config *slave_config);
 int snd_dmaengine_pcm_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd);
-snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
+snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer_no_residue(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 
 int snd_dmaengine_pcm_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	dma_filter_fn filter_fn, void *filter_data);
diff --git a/sound/soc/ep93xx/ep93xx-pcm.c b/sound/soc/ep93xx/ep93xx-pcm.c
index 162dbb74f4cc..4eea98b42bc8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/ep93xx/ep93xx-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/ep93xx/ep93xx-pcm.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static struct snd_pcm_ops ep93xx_pcm_ops = {
 	.hw_params	= ep93xx_pcm_hw_params,
 	.hw_free	= ep93xx_pcm_hw_free,
 	.trigger	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_trigger,
-	.pointer	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer,
+	.pointer	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer_no_residue,
 	.mmap		= ep93xx_pcm_mmap,
 };
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
index f3c0a5ef35c8..48f9d886f020 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static struct snd_pcm_ops imx_pcm_ops = {
 	.ioctl		= snd_pcm_lib_ioctl,
 	.hw_params	= snd_imx_pcm_hw_params,
 	.trigger	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_trigger,
-	.pointer	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer,
+	.pointer	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer_no_residue,
 	.mmap		= snd_imx_pcm_mmap,
 };
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-pcm.c b/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-pcm.c
index 373dec90579f..f82d766cbf9e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mxs/mxs-pcm.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static struct snd_pcm_ops mxs_pcm_ops = {
 	.ioctl		= snd_pcm_lib_ioctl,
 	.hw_params	= snd_mxs_pcm_hw_params,
 	.trigger	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_trigger,
-	.pointer	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer,
+	.pointer	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer_no_residue,
 	.mmap		= snd_mxs_pcm_mmap,
 };
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dmaengine-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dmaengine-pcm.c
index 475695234b3d..7c0877e3731c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dmaengine-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dmaengine-pcm.c
@@ -200,18 +200,18 @@ int snd_dmaengine_pcm_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_dmaengine_pcm_trigger);
 
 /**
- * snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer - dmaengine based PCM pointer implementation
+ * snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer_no_residue - dmaengine based PCM pointer implementation
  * @substream: PCM substream
  *
- * This function can be used as the PCM pointer callback for dmaengine based PCM
- * driver implementations.
+ * This function is deprecated and should not be used by new drivers, as its
+ * results may be unreliable.
  */
-snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer_no_residue(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	struct dmaengine_pcm_runtime_data *prtd = substream_to_prtd(substream);
 	return bytes_to_frames(substream->runtime, prtd->pos);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer_no_residue);
 
 static int dmaengine_pcm_request_channel(struct dmaengine_pcm_runtime_data *prtd,
 	dma_filter_fn filter_fn, void *filter_data)
diff --git a/sound/soc/ux500/ux500_pcm.c b/sound/soc/ux500/ux500_pcm.c
index 97d8e4de29c2..1a04e248453c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/ux500/ux500_pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/ux500/ux500_pcm.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static struct snd_pcm_ops ux500_pcm_ops = {
 	.hw_params	= ux500_pcm_hw_params,
 	.hw_free	= ux500_pcm_hw_free,
 	.trigger	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_trigger,
-	.pointer	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer,
+	.pointer	= snd_dmaengine_pcm_pointer_no_residue,
 	.mmap		= ux500_pcm_mmap
 };