diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.c b/sound/usb/mixer.c
index 082736c539bc14eec73a1afad11e2a3cd5577d89..e630813c5008627d50e41637e03eeaf8ef2bf0c3 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer.c
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ int snd_usb_mixer_vol_tlv(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, int op_flag,
 
 	if (size < sizeof(scale))
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (cval->min_mute)
+		scale[0] = SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_MINMAX_MUTE;
 	scale[2] = cval->dBmin;
 	scale[3] = cval->dBmax;
 	if (copy_to_user(_tlv, scale, sizeof(scale)))
diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.h b/sound/usb/mixer.h
index 3417ef347e40432482b84de271a3bb98c8724297..2b4b067646ab099653fe7ea79d9af1570e2971f6 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer.h
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct usb_mixer_elem_info {
 	int cached;
 	int cache_val[MAX_CHANNELS];
 	u8 initialized;
+	u8 min_mute;
 	void *private_data;
 };
 
diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c b/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c
index e3d1dec48ee49f21d4efe4627fc3c264d76fcfe2..e1e7ce9ab217f6f716fc95da5d1544279c0d1b75 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c
@@ -1878,6 +1878,12 @@ void snd_usb_mixer_fu_apply_quirk(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,
 		if (unitid == 7 && cval->control == UAC_FU_VOLUME)
 			snd_dragonfly_quirk_db_scale(mixer, cval, kctl);
 		break;
+	/* lowest playback value is muted on C-Media devices */
+	case USB_ID(0x0d8c, 0x000c):
+	case USB_ID(0x0d8c, 0x0014):
+		if (strstr(kctl->id.name, "Playback"))
+			cval->min_mute = 1;
+		break;
 	}
 }