diff --git a/sound/core/timer.c b/sound/core/timer.c
index be6d37af76d8582db00fc5a93a8821dc9b579fb3..48aebdf6550b81f4efdeb0a79fd7e5fe27060ef6 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -1680,6 +1680,16 @@ static int snd_timer_user_continue(struct file *file)
 	return (err = snd_timer_continue(tu->timeri)) < 0 ? err : 0;
 }
 
+static int snd_timer_user_pause(struct file *file)
+{
+	int err;
+	snd_timer_user_t *tu;
+		
+	tu = file->private_data;
+	snd_assert(tu->timeri != NULL, return -ENXIO);
+	return (err = snd_timer_continue(tu->timeri)) < 0 ? err : 0;
+}
+
 static long snd_timer_user_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	snd_timer_user_t *tu;
@@ -1729,6 +1739,8 @@ static long snd_timer_user_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned l
 		return snd_timer_user_stop(file);
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_CONTINUE:
 		return snd_timer_user_continue(file);
+	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PAUSE:
+		return snd_timer_user_pause(file);
 	}
 	return -ENOTTY;
 }
diff --git a/sound/core/timer_compat.c b/sound/core/timer_compat.c
index 9fbc3957a22dfbc14a7cacf7458c3fefddbb62a0..420817d10b7c0c9a8579c45ccdb5029f52c6acb8 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer_compat.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer_compat.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static long snd_timer_user_ioctl_compat(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, uns
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_START:
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_STOP:
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_CONTINUE:
+	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PAUSE:
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE:
 		return snd_timer_user_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long)argp);
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_INFO32: