diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c
--- a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c
+++ b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c
@@ -1164,9 +1164,6 @@
 	struct snd_dbuf *b, *bs;
 	int i, ret;
 
-	if (chn_timeout < CHN_TIMEOUT_MIN || chn_timeout > CHN_TIMEOUT_MAX)
-		chn_timeout = CHN_TIMEOUT;
-
 	chn_lockinit(c, dir);
 
 	b = NULL;