diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst-baytrail-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst-baytrail-pcm.c
index 6d101f3..b8a89e9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst-baytrail-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst-baytrail-pcm.c
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 	struct sst_byt_stream *stream;
 	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream;
 	struct mutex mutex;
+
+	/* latest DSP DMA hw pointer */
+	u32 hw_ptr;
 };
 
 /* private data for the driver */
@@ -168,13 +171,19 @@
 	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream = pcm_data->substream;
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
-	u32 pos;
+	struct sst_byt_priv_data *pdata =
+		snd_soc_platform_get_drvdata(rtd->platform);
+	struct sst_byt *byt = pdata->byt;
+	u32 pos, hw_pos;
 
+	hw_pos = sst_byt_get_dsp_position(byt, pcm_data->stream,
+					  snd_pcm_lib_buffer_bytes(substream));
+	pcm_data->hw_ptr = hw_pos;
 	pos = frames_to_bytes(runtime,
 			      (runtime->control->appl_ptr %
 			       runtime->buffer_size));
 
-	dev_dbg(rtd->dev, "PCM: App pointer %d bytes\n", pos);
+	dev_dbg(rtd->dev, "PCM: App/DMA pointer %u/%u bytes\n", pos, hw_pos);
 
 	snd_pcm_period_elapsed(substream);
 	return pos;
@@ -184,20 +193,11 @@
 {
 	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
-	struct sst_byt_priv_data *pdata =
-		snd_soc_platform_get_drvdata(rtd->platform);
 	struct sst_byt_pcm_data *pcm_data = snd_soc_pcm_get_drvdata(rtd);
-	struct sst_byt *byt = pdata->byt;
-	snd_pcm_uframes_t offset;
-	int pos;
 
-	pos = sst_byt_get_dsp_position(byt, pcm_data->stream,
-				       snd_pcm_lib_buffer_bytes(substream));
-	offset = bytes_to_frames(runtime, pos);
+	dev_dbg(rtd->dev, "PCM: DMA pointer %u bytes\n", pcm_data->hw_ptr);
 
-	dev_dbg(rtd->dev, "PCM: DMA pointer %zu bytes\n",
-		frames_to_bytes(runtime, (u32)offset));
-	return offset;
+	return bytes_to_frames(runtime, pcm_data->hw_ptr);
 }
 
 static int sst_byt_pcm_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)