diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
index 5fbb79e30819..ff7e638221c5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ typedef int __bitwise snd_pcm_subformat_t;
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_HAS_LINK_ESTIMATED_ATIME    0x04000000  /* report estimated link audio time */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_HAS_LINK_SYNCHRONIZED_ATIME 0x08000000  /* report synchronized audio/system time */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_EXPLICIT_SYNC	0x10000000	/* needs explicit sync of pointers and data */
-
+#define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_NO_REWINDS	0x20000000	/* hardware can only support monotonic changes of appl_ptr */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_DRAIN_TRIGGER	0x40000000		/* internal kernel flag - trigger in drain */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_INFO_FIFO_IN_FRAMES	0x80000000	/* internal kernel flag - FIFO size is in frames */
 
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
index fdd992772b20..f2090025236b 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
@@ -2128,6 +2128,7 @@ int pcm_lib_apply_appl_ptr(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 {
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	snd_pcm_uframes_t old_appl_ptr = runtime->control->appl_ptr;
+	snd_pcm_sframes_t diff;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (old_appl_ptr == appl_ptr)
@@ -2135,6 +2136,19 @@ int pcm_lib_apply_appl_ptr(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	if (appl_ptr >= runtime->boundary)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * check if a rewind is requested by the application
+	 */
+	if (substream->runtime->info & SNDRV_PCM_INFO_NO_REWINDS) {
+		diff = appl_ptr - old_appl_ptr;
+		if (diff >= 0) {
+			if (diff > runtime->buffer_size)
+				return -EINVAL;
+		} else {
+			if (runtime->boundary + diff > runtime->buffer_size)
+				return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
 
 	runtime->control->appl_ptr = appl_ptr;
 	if (substream->ops->ack) {