diff --git a/sound/core/timer.c b/sound/core/timer.c
index 679b26435670..69a59b25fe0a 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -2176,6 +2176,7 @@ static const struct file_operations snd_utimer_fops = {
 	.llseek		=	noop_llseek,
 	.release	=	snd_utimer_release,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	=	snd_utimer_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl	=	snd_utimer_ioctl,
 };
 
 static int snd_utimer_start(struct snd_timer *t)
diff --git a/sound/core/timer_compat.c b/sound/core/timer_compat.c
index 25ee81c1668b..5bab00466de7 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer_compat.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer_compat.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static long __snd_timer_user_ioctl_compat(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PAUSE:
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PAUSE_OLD:
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE:
+	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_CREATE:
 		return __snd_timer_user_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long)argp, true);
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_GPARAMS32:
 		return snd_timer_user_gparams_compat(file, argp);