diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
index 09c421cd9319..fe597f7d522d 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
@@ -2138,6 +2138,9 @@ static int interleaved_copy(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	off = frames_to_bytes(runtime, off);
 	frames = frames_to_bytes(runtime, frames);
 
+	if (!data)
+		return fill_silence(substream, 0, hwoff, NULL, frames);
+
 	return do_transfer(substream, 0, hwoff, data + off, frames, transfer,
 			   in_kernel);
 }