diff --git a/sound/usb/midi.c b/sound/usb/midi.c
index 010094abf752..5b4c58c3e2c5 100644
--- a/sound/usb/midi.c
+++ b/sound/usb/midi.c
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ struct snd_usb_midi_in_endpoint {
 		u8 running_status_length;
 	} ports[0x10];
 	u8 seen_f5;
+	bool in_sysex;
+	u8 last_cin;
 	u8 error_resubmit;
 	int current_port;
 };
@@ -467,6 +469,39 @@ static void snd_usbmidi_maudio_broken_running_status_input(
 		}
 }
 
+/*
+ * QinHeng CH345 is buggy: every second packet inside a SysEx has not CIN 4
+ * but the previously seen CIN, but still with three data bytes.
+ */
+static void ch345_broken_sysex_input(struct snd_usb_midi_in_endpoint *ep,
+				     uint8_t *buffer, int buffer_length)
+{
+	unsigned int i, cin, length;
+
+	for (i = 0; i + 3 < buffer_length; i += 4) {
+		if (buffer[i] == 0 && i > 0)
+			break;
+		cin = buffer[i] & 0x0f;
+		if (ep->in_sysex &&
+		    cin == ep->last_cin &&
+		    (buffer[i + 1 + (cin == 0x6)] & 0x80) == 0)
+			cin = 0x4;
+#if 0
+		if (buffer[i + 1] == 0x90) {
+			/*
+			 * Either a corrupted running status or a real note-on
+			 * message; impossible to detect reliably.
+			 */
+		}
+#endif
+		length = snd_usbmidi_cin_length[cin];
+		snd_usbmidi_input_data(ep, 0, &buffer[i + 1], length);
+		ep->in_sysex = cin == 0x4;
+		if (!ep->in_sysex)
+			ep->last_cin = cin;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * CME protocol: like the standard protocol, but SysEx commands are sent as a
  * single USB packet preceded by a 0x0F byte.
@@ -660,6 +695,12 @@ static struct usb_protocol_ops snd_usbmidi_cme_ops = {
 	.output_packet = snd_usbmidi_output_standard_packet,
 };
 
+static struct usb_protocol_ops snd_usbmidi_ch345_broken_sysex_ops = {
+	.input = ch345_broken_sysex_input,
+	.output = snd_usbmidi_standard_output,
+	.output_packet = snd_usbmidi_output_standard_packet,
+};
+
 /*
  * AKAI MPD16 protocol:
  *
@@ -2380,6 +2421,7 @@ int snd_usbmidi_create(struct snd_card *card,
 		err = snd_usbmidi_detect_per_port_endpoints(umidi, endpoints);
 		break;
 	case QUIRK_MIDI_CH345:
+		umidi->usb_protocol_ops = &snd_usbmidi_ch345_broken_sysex_ops;
 		err = snd_usbmidi_detect_per_port_endpoints(umidi, endpoints);
 		break;
 	default: