diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/vchan.c b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/vchan.c
--- a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/vchan.c
+++ b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/vchan.c
@@ -192,14 +192,14 @@
 vchan_getcaps(kobj_t obj, void *data)
 {
 	struct vchan_info *info;
-	struct pcm_channel *c;
-	uint32_t pformat, pspeed, pflags, i;
+	struct pcm_channel *c, *p;
+	uint32_t pformat, pflags, i;
 
 	info = data;
 	c = info->channel;
-	pformat = c->parentchannel->format;
-	pspeed = c->parentchannel->speed;
-	pflags = c->parentchannel->flags;
+	p = c->parentchannel;
+	pformat = p->format;
+	pflags = p->flags;
 
 	CHN_LOCKASSERT(c);
 
@@ -213,11 +213,6 @@
 			}
 			info->caps.fmtlist[i] = pformat;
 		}
-		if (c->format & AFMT_PASSTHROUGH)
-			info->caps.minspeed = c->speed;
-		else 
-			info->caps.minspeed = pspeed;
-		info->caps.maxspeed = info->caps.minspeed;
 	} else {
 		info->caps.fmtlist = info->fmtlist + FMTLIST_OFFSET;
 		if (pformat & AFMT_VCHAN)
@@ -228,8 +223,18 @@
 			    __func__, pformat);
 			info->caps.fmtlist[0] = VCHAN_DEFAULT_FORMAT;
 		}
-		info->caps.minspeed = pspeed;
-		info->caps.maxspeed = info->caps.minspeed;
+	}
+	if (feeder_rate_round || CHN_BITPERFECT(c) ||
+	    (c->format & AFMT_PASSTHROUGH)) {
+		CHN_UNLOCK(c);
+		CHN_LOCK(p);
+		info->caps.minspeed = chn_getcaps(p)->minspeed;
+		info->caps.maxspeed = chn_getcaps(p)->maxspeed;
+		CHN_UNLOCK(p);
+		CHN_LOCK(c);
+	} else {
+		info->caps.minspeed = feeder_rate_min;
+		info->caps.maxspeed = feeder_rate_max;
 	}
 
 	return (&info->caps);