diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
index db2ea8973ac9..c2a33d6a0827 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ struct q6asm_dai_rtd {
 	phys_addr_t phys;
 	unsigned int pcm_size;
 	unsigned int pcm_count;
-	unsigned int pcm_irq_pos;       /* IRQ position */
 	unsigned int periods;
 	uint64_t bytes_sent;
 	uint64_t bytes_received;
@@ -190,12 +189,10 @@ static void event_handler(uint32_t opcode, uint32_t token,
 		prtd->state = Q6ASM_STREAM_STOPPED;
 		break;
 	case ASM_CLIENT_EVENT_DATA_WRITE_DONE: {
-		prtd->pcm_irq_pos += prtd->pcm_count;
 		snd_pcm_period_elapsed(substream);
 		break;
 		}
 	case ASM_CLIENT_EVENT_DATA_READ_DONE:
-		prtd->pcm_irq_pos += prtd->pcm_count;
 		snd_pcm_period_elapsed(substream);
 		if (prtd->state == Q6ASM_STREAM_RUNNING)
 			q6asm_read(prtd->audio_client, prtd->stream_id);
@@ -227,7 +224,6 @@ static int q6asm_dai_prepare(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 	}
 
 	prtd->pcm_count = snd_pcm_lib_period_bytes(substream);
-	prtd->pcm_irq_pos = 0;
 	/* rate and channels are sent to audio driver */
 	if (prtd->state == Q6ASM_STREAM_RUNNING) {
 		/* clear the previous setup if any  */
@@ -479,11 +475,13 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t q6asm_dai_pointer(struct snd_soc_component *component,
 
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct q6asm_dai_rtd *prtd = runtime->private_data;
+	snd_pcm_uframes_t ptr;
 
-	if (prtd->pcm_irq_pos >= prtd->pcm_size)
-		prtd->pcm_irq_pos = 0;
+	ptr = q6asm_get_hw_pointer(prtd->audio_client, substream->stream) * runtime->period_size;
+	if (ptr)
+		return ptr - 1;
 
-	return bytes_to_frames(runtime, (prtd->pcm_irq_pos));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int q6asm_dai_hw_params(struct snd_soc_component *component,