diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index 2c52510967f0..18b8dc45bb8f 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <sound/core.h>
 #include <sound/initval.h>
 #include <sound/info.h>
@@ -848,6 +849,15 @@ static long snd_compr_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	return retval;
 }
 
+/* support of 32bit userspace on 64bit platforms */
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+static long snd_compr_ioctl_compat(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+						unsigned long arg)
+{
+	return snd_compr_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long)compat_ptr(arg));
+}
+#endif
+
 static const struct file_operations snd_compr_file_ops = {
 		.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
 		.open =		snd_compr_open,
@@ -855,6 +865,9 @@ static const struct file_operations snd_compr_file_ops = {
 		.write =	snd_compr_write,
 		.read =		snd_compr_read,
 		.unlocked_ioctl = snd_compr_ioctl,
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+		.compat_ioctl = snd_compr_ioctl_compat,
+#endif
 		.mmap =		snd_compr_mmap,
 		.poll =		snd_compr_poll,
 };