diff --git a/sound/sparc/dbri.c b/sound/sparc/dbri.c
index 6b090fb66a8d59493ed745f0f5693db5b8901e04..82d5e8072f2b69be63146f43122088118f390154 100644
--- a/sound/sparc/dbri.c
+++ b/sound/sparc/dbri.c
@@ -2111,8 +2111,6 @@ static int snd_dbri_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	ret = setup_descs(dbri, DBRI_STREAMNO(substream),
 			  snd_pcm_lib_period_bytes(substream));
 
-	runtime->stop_threshold = DBRI_TD_MAXCNT / runtime->channels;
-
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dbri->lock);
 
 	dprintk(D_USR, "prepare audio output. %d bytes\n", info->size);