diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.h b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.h
--- a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.h
+++ b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.h
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 #define CHN_F_RUNNING		0x00000004  /* dma is running */
 #define CHN_F_TRIGGERED		0x00000008
 #define CHN_F_NOTRIGGER		0x00000010
-#define CHN_F_SLEEPING		0x00000020
+/* unused			0x00000020 */
 
 #define CHN_F_NBIO              0x00000040  /* do non-blocking i/o */
 #define CHN_F_MMAP		0x00000080  /* has been mmap()ed */
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@
 				"\002ABORTING"				\
 				"\003RUNNING"				\
 				"\004TRIGGERED"				\
+				/* \006 */				\
 				"\005NOTRIGGER"				\
-				"\006SLEEPING"				\
 				"\007NBIO"				\
 				"\010MMAP"				\
 				"\011BUSY"				\
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
@@ -309,14 +309,7 @@
 	if (CHN_EMPTY(c, children.busy)) {
 		if (SEL_WAITING(sndbuf_getsel(bs)) && chn_polltrigger(c))
 			selwakeuppri(sndbuf_getsel(bs), PRIBIO);
-		if (c->flags & CHN_F_SLEEPING) {
-			/*
-			 * Ok, I can just panic it right here since it is
-			 * quite obvious that we never allow multiple waiters
-			 * from userland. I'm too generous...
-			 */
-			CHN_BROADCAST(&c->intr_cv);
-		}
+		CHN_BROADCAST(&c->intr_cv);
 	} else {
 		CHN_FOREACH(ch, c, children.busy) {
 			CHN_LOCK(ch);
@@ -332,15 +325,11 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	CHN_LOCKASSERT(c);
-	KASSERT((c->flags & CHN_F_SLEEPING) == 0,
-	    ("%s(): entered with CHN_F_SLEEPING", __func__));
 
 	if (c->flags & CHN_F_DEAD)
 		return (EINVAL);
 
-	c->flags |= CHN_F_SLEEPING;
 	ret = cv_timedwait_sig(&c->intr_cv, c->lock, timeout);
-	c->flags &= ~CHN_F_SLEEPING;
 
 	return ((c->flags & CHN_F_DEAD) ? EINVAL : ret);
 }
diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/sound.c b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/sound.c
--- a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/sound.c
+++ b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/sound.c
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@
 		/* Make sure all channels are stopped. */
 		CHN_FOREACH(ch, d, channels.pcm) {
 			CHN_LOCK(ch);
-			if ((ch->flags & CHN_F_SLEEPING) == 0 &&
-			    CHN_STOPPED(ch) && ch->inprog == 0) {
+			if (ch->intr_cv.cv_waiters == 0 && CHN_STOPPED(ch) &&
+			    ch->inprog == 0) {
 				CHN_UNLOCK(ch);
 				continue;
 			}