diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.h b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.h
--- a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.h
+++ b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	char name[SNDBUF_NAMELEN];
 };
 
-struct snd_dbuf *sndbuf_create(char *drv, char *desc, struct pcm_channel *channel);
+struct snd_dbuf *sndbuf_create(struct pcm_channel *channel, char *desc);
 void sndbuf_destroy(struct snd_dbuf *b);
 
 void sndbuf_dump(struct snd_dbuf *b, char *s, u_int32_t what);
diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.c b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.c
--- a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.c
+++ b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.c
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 #include "snd_fxdiv_gen.h"
 
 struct snd_dbuf *
-sndbuf_create(char *drv, char *desc, struct pcm_channel *channel)
+sndbuf_create(struct pcm_channel *channel, char *desc)
 {
 	struct snd_dbuf *b;
 
 	b = malloc(sizeof(*b), M_DEVBUF, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
-	snprintf(b->name, SNDBUF_NAMELEN, "%s:%s", drv, desc);
+	snprintf(b->name, SNDBUF_NAMELEN, "%s:%s", channel->name, desc);
 	b->channel = channel;
 
 	return b;
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
@@ -1269,8 +1269,8 @@
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	b = sndbuf_create(c->name, "primary", c);
-	bs = sndbuf_create(c->name, "secondary", c);
+	b = sndbuf_create(c, "primary");
+	bs = sndbuf_create(c, "secondary");
 	if (b == NULL || bs == NULL) {
 		device_printf(d->dev, "%s(): failed to create %s buffer\n",
 		    __func__, b == NULL ? "hardware" : "software");