diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index 15107df1f490808ebc52dfc5e1a977ee7dc83d08..96f9e8729192ad74aa2bf548ea46ac6519c83e73 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "Enable Intel HD audio interface.");
 module_param_array(model, charp, NULL, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(model, "Use the given board model.");
 module_param_array(position_fix, int, NULL, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(position_fix, "Fix DMA pointer (0 = FIFO size, 1 = none, 2 = POSBUF).");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(position_fix, "Fix DMA pointer (0 = auto, 1 = none, 2 = POSBUF, 3 = FIFO size).");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE("{{Intel, ICH6},"
@@ -211,9 +211,10 @@ enum { SDI0, SDI1, SDI2, SDI3, SDO0, SDO1, SDO2, SDO3 };
 
 /* position fix mode */
 enum {
-	POS_FIX_FIFO,
+	POS_FIX_AUTO,
 	POS_FIX_NONE,
-	POS_FIX_POSBUF
+	POS_FIX_POSBUF,
+	POS_FIX_FIFO,
 };
 
 /* Defines for ATI HD Audio support in SB450 south bridge */
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ struct snd_azx_dev {
 	unsigned int fragsize;		/* size of each period in bytes */
 	unsigned int frags;		/* number for period in the play buffer */
 	unsigned int fifo_size;		/* FIFO size */
+	unsigned int last_pos;		/* last updated period position */
 
 	void __iomem *sd_addr;		/* stream descriptor pointer */
 
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ struct snd_azx_dev {
 
 	unsigned int opened: 1;
 	unsigned int running: 1;
+	unsigned int period_updating: 1;
 };
 
 /* CORB/RIRB */
@@ -724,11 +727,9 @@ static void azx_init_chip(azx_t *chip)
 	/* initialize the codec command I/O */
 	azx_init_cmd_io(chip);
 
-	if (chip->position_fix == POS_FIX_POSBUF) {
-		/* program the position buffer */
-		azx_writel(chip, DPLBASE, (u32)chip->posbuf.addr);
-		azx_writel(chip, DPUBASE, upper_32bit(chip->posbuf.addr));
-	}
+	/* program the position buffer */
+	azx_writel(chip, DPLBASE, (u32)chip->posbuf.addr);
+	azx_writel(chip, DPUBASE, upper_32bit(chip->posbuf.addr));
 
 	/* For ATI SB450 azalia HD audio, we need to enable snoop */
 	if (chip->driver_type == AZX_DRIVER_ATI) {
@@ -763,9 +764,11 @@ static irqreturn_t azx_interrupt(int irq, void* dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		if (status & azx_dev->sd_int_sta_mask) {
 			azx_sd_writeb(azx_dev, SD_STS, SD_INT_MASK);
 			if (azx_dev->substream && azx_dev->running) {
+				azx_dev->period_updating = 1;
 				spin_unlock(&chip->reg_lock);
 				snd_pcm_period_elapsed(azx_dev->substream);
 				spin_lock(&chip->reg_lock);
+				azx_dev->period_updating = 0;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -866,11 +869,9 @@ static int azx_setup_controller(azx_t *chip, azx_dev_t *azx_dev)
 	/* upper BDL address */
 	azx_sd_writel(azx_dev, SD_BDLPU, upper_32bit(azx_dev->bdl_addr));
 
-	if (chip->position_fix == POS_FIX_POSBUF) {
-		/* enable the position buffer */
-		if (! (azx_readl(chip, DPLBASE) & ICH6_DPLBASE_ENABLE))
-			azx_writel(chip, DPLBASE, (u32)chip->posbuf.addr | ICH6_DPLBASE_ENABLE);
-	}
+	/* enable the position buffer */
+	if (! (azx_readl(chip, DPLBASE) & ICH6_DPLBASE_ENABLE))
+		azx_writel(chip, DPLBASE, (u32)chip->posbuf.addr | ICH6_DPLBASE_ENABLE);
 
 	/* set the interrupt enable bits in the descriptor control register */
 	azx_sd_writel(azx_dev, SD_CTL, azx_sd_readl(azx_dev, SD_CTL) | SD_INT_MASK);
@@ -1078,6 +1079,7 @@ static int azx_pcm_prepare(snd_pcm_substream_t *substream)
 		azx_dev->fifo_size = azx_sd_readw(azx_dev, SD_FIFOSIZE) + 1;
 	else
 		azx_dev->fifo_size = 0;
+	azx_dev->last_pos = 0;
 
 	return hinfo->ops.prepare(hinfo, apcm->codec, azx_dev->stream_tag,
 				  azx_dev->format_val, substream);
@@ -1133,6 +1135,26 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t azx_pcm_pointer(snd_pcm_substream_t *substream)
 		pos = azx_sd_readl(azx_dev, SD_LPIB);
 		if (chip->position_fix == POS_FIX_FIFO)
 			pos += azx_dev->fifo_size;
+		else if (chip->position_fix == POS_FIX_AUTO && azx_dev->period_updating) {
+			/* check the validity of DMA position */
+			unsigned int diff = 0;
+			azx_dev->last_pos += azx_dev->fragsize;
+			if (azx_dev->last_pos > pos)
+				diff = azx_dev->last_pos - pos;
+			if (azx_dev->last_pos >= azx_dev->bufsize) {
+				if (pos < azx_dev->fragsize)
+					diff = 0;
+				azx_dev->last_pos = 0;
+			}
+			if (diff > 0 && diff <= azx_dev->fifo_size)
+				pos += azx_dev->fifo_size;
+			else {
+				snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "hda_intel: DMA position fix %d, switching to posbuf\n", diff);
+				chip->position_fix = POS_FIX_POSBUF;
+				pos = *azx_dev->posbuf;
+			}
+			azx_dev->period_updating = 0;
+		}
 	}
 	if (pos >= azx_dev->bufsize)
 		pos = 0;
@@ -1244,8 +1266,7 @@ static int __devinit azx_init_stream(azx_t *chip)
 		azx_dev_t *azx_dev = &chip->azx_dev[i];
 		azx_dev->bdl = (u32 *)(chip->bdl.area + off);
 		azx_dev->bdl_addr = chip->bdl.addr + off;
-		if (chip->position_fix == POS_FIX_POSBUF)
-			azx_dev->posbuf = (volatile u32 *)(chip->posbuf.area + i * 8);
+		azx_dev->posbuf = (volatile u32 *)(chip->posbuf.area + i * 8);
 		/* offset: SDI0=0x80, SDI1=0xa0, ... SDO3=0x160 */
 		azx_dev->sd_addr = chip->remap_addr + (0x20 * i + 0x80);
 		/* int mask: SDI0=0x01, SDI1=0x02, ... SDO3=0x80 */
@@ -1437,13 +1458,11 @@ static int __devinit azx_create(snd_card_t *card, struct pci_dev *pci,
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR SFX "cannot allocate BDL\n");
 		goto errout;
 	}
-	if (chip->position_fix == POS_FIX_POSBUF) {
-		/* allocate memory for the position buffer */
-		if ((err = snd_dma_alloc_pages(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV, snd_dma_pci_data(chip->pci),
-					       chip->num_streams * 8, &chip->posbuf)) < 0) {
-			snd_printk(KERN_ERR SFX "cannot allocate posbuf\n");
-			goto errout;
-		}
+	/* allocate memory for the position buffer */
+	if ((err = snd_dma_alloc_pages(SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV, snd_dma_pci_data(chip->pci),
+				       chip->num_streams * 8, &chip->posbuf)) < 0) {
+		snd_printk(KERN_ERR SFX "cannot allocate posbuf\n");
+		goto errout;
 	}
 	/* allocate CORB/RIRB */
 	if ((err = azx_alloc_cmd_io(chip)) < 0)