diff --git a/include/sound/core.h b/include/sound/core.h
index 4104a9d1001f..5f181b875c2f 100644
--- a/include/sound/core.h
+++ b/include/sound/core.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ struct snd_card {
 	struct device card_dev;		/* cardX object for sysfs */
 	const struct attribute_group *dev_groups[4]; /* assigned sysfs attr */
 	bool registered;		/* card_dev is registered? */
+	wait_queue_head_t remove_sleep;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	unsigned int power_state;	/* power state */
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ int snd_card_new(struct device *parent, int idx, const char *xid,
 		 struct snd_card **card_ret);
 
 int snd_card_disconnect(struct snd_card *card);
+void snd_card_disconnect_sync(struct snd_card *card);
 int snd_card_free(struct snd_card *card);
 int snd_card_free_when_closed(struct snd_card *card);
 void snd_card_set_id(struct snd_card *card, const char *id);
diff --git a/sound/core/init.c b/sound/core/init.c
index 32ebe2f6bc59..168ae03d3a1c 100644
--- a/sound/core/init.c
+++ b/sound/core/init.c
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ int snd_card_new(struct device *parent, int idx, const char *xid,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	init_waitqueue_head(&card->power_sleep);
 #endif
+	init_waitqueue_head(&card->remove_sleep);
 
 	device_initialize(&card->card_dev);
 	card->card_dev.parent = parent;
@@ -452,6 +453,35 @@ int snd_card_disconnect(struct snd_card *card)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_card_disconnect);
 
+/**
+ * snd_card_disconnect_sync - disconnect card and wait until files get closed
+ * @card: card object to disconnect
+ *
+ * This calls snd_card_disconnect() for disconnecting all belonging components
+ * and waits until all pending files get closed.
+ * It assures that all accesses from user-space finished so that the driver
+ * can release its resources gracefully.
+ */
+void snd_card_disconnect_sync(struct snd_card *card)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = snd_card_disconnect(card);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		dev_err(card->dev,
+			"snd_card_disconnect error (%d), skipping sync\n",
+			err);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&card->files_lock);
+	wait_event_lock_irq(card->remove_sleep,
+			    list_empty(&card->files_list),
+			    card->files_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&card->files_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_card_disconnect_sync);
+
 static int snd_card_do_free(struct snd_card *card)
 {
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS)
@@ -957,6 +987,8 @@ int snd_card_file_remove(struct snd_card *card, struct file *file)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	if (list_empty(&card->files_list))
+		wake_up_all(&card->remove_sleep);
 	spin_unlock(&card->files_lock);
 	if (!found) {
 		dev_err(card->dev, "card file remove problem (%p)\n", file);