diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index a9933c07a6bf542e38b54ec8ed70204fbc429d55..5268546d6935691da51ce5c54d72ba381ea90830 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -421,10 +421,7 @@ static unsigned int snd_compr_poll(struct file *f, poll_table *wait)
 			retval = snd_compr_get_poll(stream);
 		break;
 	default:
-		if (stream->direction == SND_COMPRESS_PLAYBACK)
-			retval = POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM | POLLERR;
-		else
-			retval = POLLIN | POLLRDNORM | POLLERR;
+		retval = snd_compr_get_poll(stream) | POLLERR;
 		break;
 	}
 out: