diff --git a/sound/core/Kconfig b/sound/core/Kconfig
index 6c96fee..e3e9491 100644
--- a/sound/core/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/core/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 config SND_PCM
 	tristate
-	select SND_TIMER
+	select SND_TIMER if SND_PCM_TIMER
 
 config SND_PCM_ELD
 	bool
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@
           support conversion of channels, formats and rates. It will
           behave like most of new OSS/Free drivers in 2.4/2.6 kernels.
 
+config SND_PCM_TIMER
+	bool "PCM timer interface" if EXPERT
+	default y
+	help
+	  If you disable this option, pcm timer will be inavailable, so
+	  those stubs used pcm timer (e.g. dmix, dsnoop & co) may work
+	  incorrectlly.
+
+	  For some embedded device, we may disable it to reduce memory
+	  footprint, about 20KB on x86_64 platform.
+
 config SND_SEQUENCER_OSS
 	bool "OSS Sequencer API"
 	depends on SND_SEQUENCER