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
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@
 	CHN_LOCKASSERT(c);
 
 	if (CHN_EMPTY(c, children))
-		return (ENODEV);
+		return (0);
 
 	err = 0;