diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 1c53d93e68f2..0d1834310531 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -3388,12 +3388,23 @@ static bool pcm_status_mmap_allowed(struct snd_pcm_file *pcm_file)
 {
 	if (pcm_file->no_compat_mmap)
 		return false;
-	/* Disallow the status/control mmap when SYNC_APPLPTR flag is set;
+	/* See pcm_control_mmap_allowed() below.
+	 * Since older alsa-lib requires both status and control mmaps to be
+	 * coupled, we have to disable the status mmap for old alsa-lib, too.
+	 */
+	if (pcm_file->user_pversion < SNDRV_PROTOCOL_VERSION(2, 0, 14) &&
+	    (pcm_file->substream->runtime->hw.info & SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool pcm_control_mmap_allowed(struct snd_pcm_file *pcm_file)
+{
+	if (pcm_file->no_compat_mmap)
+		return false;
+	/* Disallow the control mmap when SYNC_APPLPTR flag is set;
 	 * it enforces the user-space to fall back to snd_pcm_sync_ptr(),
 	 * thus it effectively assures the manual update of appl_ptr.
-	 * In theory, it should be enough to disallow only PCM control mmap,
-	 * but since the current alsa-lib implementation requires both status
-	 * and control mmaps always paired, we have to disable both of them.
 	 */
 	if (pcm_file->substream->runtime->hw.info & SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR)
 		return false;
@@ -3405,6 +3416,7 @@ static bool pcm_status_mmap_allowed(struct snd_pcm_file *pcm_file)
  * don't support mmap for status and control records.
  */
 #define pcm_status_mmap_allowed(pcm_file)	false
+#define pcm_control_mmap_allowed(pcm_file)	false
 
 static int snd_pcm_mmap_status(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct file *file,
 			       struct vm_area_struct *area)
@@ -3593,7 +3605,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *area)
 			return -ENXIO;
 		return snd_pcm_mmap_status(substream, file, area);
 	case SNDRV_PCM_MMAP_OFFSET_CONTROL:
-		if (!pcm_status_mmap_allowed(pcm_file))
+		if (!pcm_control_mmap_allowed(pcm_file))
 			return -ENXIO;
 		return snd_pcm_mmap_control(substream, file, area);
 	default: