diff --git a/include/sound/compress_driver.h b/include/sound/compress_driver.h
index 175ab3237b58..ae6c3b8ed2f5 100644
--- a/include/sound/compress_driver.h
+++ b/include/sound/compress_driver.h
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ struct snd_compr_ops;
  *	the ring buffer
  * @total_bytes_transferred: cumulative bytes transferred by offload DSP
  * @sleep: poll sleep
- * @wait: drain wait queue
- * @drain_wake: condition for drain wake
  */
 struct snd_compr_runtime {
 	snd_pcm_state_t state;
@@ -61,8 +59,6 @@ struct snd_compr_runtime {
 	u64 total_bytes_available;
 	u64 total_bytes_transferred;
 	wait_queue_head_t sleep;
-	wait_queue_head_t wait;
-	unsigned int drain_wake;
 	void *private_data;
 };
 
@@ -177,10 +173,11 @@ static inline void snd_compr_fragment_elapsed(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 
 static inline void snd_compr_drain_notify(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 {
-	snd_BUG_ON(!stream);
+	if (snd_BUG_ON(!stream))
+		return;
 
-	stream->runtime->drain_wake = 1;
-	wake_up(&stream->runtime->wait);
+	stream->runtime->state = SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP;
+	wake_up(&stream->runtime->sleep);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index 3eb47d0006a7..d9af6387f37c 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ static int snd_compr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
 	}
 	runtime->state = SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&runtime->sleep);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&runtime->wait);
 	data->stream.runtime = runtime;
 	f->private_data = (void *)data;
 	mutex_lock(&compr->lock);
@@ -681,8 +680,6 @@ static int snd_compr_stop(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 		return -EPERM;
 	retval = stream->ops->trigger(stream, SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP);
 	if (!retval) {
-		stream->runtime->state = SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP;
-		wake_up(&stream->runtime->sleep);
 		snd_compr_drain_notify(stream);
 		stream->runtime->total_bytes_available = 0;
 		stream->runtime->total_bytes_transferred = 0;
@@ -692,6 +689,8 @@ static int snd_compr_stop(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 
 static int snd_compress_wait_for_drain(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	/*
 	 * We are called with lock held. So drop the lock while we wait for
 	 * drain complete notfication from the driver
@@ -703,12 +702,24 @@ static int snd_compress_wait_for_drain(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 	stream->runtime->state = SNDRV_PCM_STATE_DRAINING;
 	mutex_unlock(&stream->device->lock);
 
-	wait_event(stream->runtime->wait, stream->runtime->drain_wake);
+	/* we wait for drain to complete here, drain can return when
+	 * interruption occurred, wait returned error or success.
+	 * For the first two cases we don't do anything different here and
+	 * return after waking up
+	 */
+
+	ret = wait_event_interruptible(stream->runtime->sleep,
+			(stream->runtime->state != SNDRV_PCM_STATE_DRAINING));
+	if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
+		pr_debug("wait aborted by a signal");
+	else if (ret)
+		pr_debug("wait for drain failed with %d\n", ret);
+
 
 	wake_up(&stream->runtime->sleep);
 	mutex_lock(&stream->device->lock);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int snd_compr_drain(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
@@ -719,17 +730,14 @@ static int snd_compr_drain(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 			stream->runtime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP)
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	stream->runtime->drain_wake = 0;
 	retval = stream->ops->trigger(stream, SND_COMPR_TRIGGER_DRAIN);
 	if (retval) {
-		pr_err("SND_COMPR_TRIGGER_DRAIN failed %d\n", retval);
+		pr_debug("SND_COMPR_TRIGGER_DRAIN failed %d\n", retval);
 		wake_up(&stream->runtime->sleep);
 		return retval;
 	}
 
-	retval = snd_compress_wait_for_drain(stream);
-	stream->runtime->state = SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP;
-	return retval;
+	return snd_compress_wait_for_drain(stream);
 }
 
 static int snd_compr_next_track(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
@@ -764,10 +772,9 @@ static int snd_compr_partial_drain(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 	if (stream->next_track == false)
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	stream->runtime->drain_wake = 0;
 	retval = stream->ops->trigger(stream, SND_COMPR_TRIGGER_PARTIAL_DRAIN);
 	if (retval) {
-		pr_err("Partial drain returned failure\n");
+		pr_debug("Partial drain returned failure\n");
 		wake_up(&stream->runtime->sleep);
 		return retval;
 	}