diff --git a/sound/core/memalloc.c b/sound/core/memalloc.c
index b665ac66ccbe8aa9bb1c76af8bc6a7548c83592a..cfcd8eff41398eb935fcc16dab51a520628fd198 100644
--- a/sound/core/memalloc.c
+++ b/sound/core/memalloc.c
@@ -543,10 +543,13 @@ static void *snd_dma_noncontig_alloc(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, size_t size)
 	dmab->dev.need_sync = dma_need_sync(dmab->dev.dev,
 					    sg_dma_address(sgt->sgl));
 	p = dma_vmap_noncontiguous(dmab->dev.dev, size, sgt);
-	if (p)
+	if (p) {
 		dmab->private_data = sgt;
-	else
+		/* store the first page address for convenience */
+		dmab->addr = snd_sgbuf_get_addr(dmab, 0);
+	} else {
 		dma_free_noncontiguous(dmab->dev.dev, size, sgt, dmab->dev.dir);
+	}
 	return p;
 }
 
@@ -780,6 +783,8 @@ static void *snd_dma_sg_fallback_alloc(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, size_t size)
 	if (!p)
 		goto error;
 	dmab->private_data = sgbuf;
+	/* store the first page address for convenience */
+	dmab->addr = snd_sgbuf_get_addr(dmab, 0);
 	return p;
 
  error:
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index a77165bd92a983c35bfa56e6f0ca4407b1ff7aa1..b20694fd69dea7d0d72122f9466df7c30beb3691 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ static int azx_create(struct snd_card *card, struct pci_dev *pci,
 
 	/* use the non-cached pages in non-snoop mode */
 	if (!azx_snoop(chip))
-		azx_bus(chip)->dma_type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_WC;
+		azx_bus(chip)->dma_type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_WC_SG;
 
 	if (chip->driver_type == AZX_DRIVER_NVIDIA) {
 		dev_dbg(chip->card->dev, "Enable delay in RIRB handling\n");