diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 33eaa7a52..75a10fdee 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ linux (4.9.5-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     (Closes: #778249)
   * [arm64] Enable ARCH_MESON and related drivers (Closes: #852132)
   * [arm64] dts: meson-gx: Add firmware reserved memory zones
+  * [x86] ASoC: Intel: select DW_DMAC_CORE since it's mandatory
 
   [ Salvatore Bonaccorso ]
   * tmpfs: clear S_ISGID when setting posix ACLs (CVE-2017-5551)
diff --git a/debian/patches/bugfix/x86/asoc-intel-select-dw_dmac_core-since-it-s-mandatory.patch b/debian/patches/bugfix/x86/asoc-intel-select-dw_dmac_core-since-it-s-mandatory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17c54ad75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/bugfix/x86/asoc-intel-select-dw_dmac_core-since-it-s-mandatory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
+Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:12:26 +0200
+Subject: ASoC: Intel: select DW_DMAC_CORE since it's mandatory
+Origin: https://git.kernel.org/linus/ebf79091bf85d9b2270ab29191de9cd3aaf888c5
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/851916
+
+Select DW_DMAC_CORE like the rest of glue drivers do, e.g.
+drivers/dma/dw/Kconfig.
+
+While here group selectors under SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL and
+SND_SOC_INTEL_BAYTRAIL.
+
+Make platforms, which are using a common SST firmware driver, to be
+dependent on DMADEVICES.
+
+Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
+Acked-by: Liam Girdwood <liam.r.girdwood@linux.intel.com>
+Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
+---
+ sound/soc/intel/Kconfig | 31 +++++++++++++------------------
+ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
++++ b/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
+@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
+ 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_MATCH if ACPI
+ 	depends on (X86 || COMPILE_TEST)
+ 
+-# firmware stuff depends DW_DMAC_CORE; since there is no depends-on from
+-# the reverse selection, each machine driver needs to select
+-# SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_FIRMWARE carefully depending on DW_DMAC_CORE
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_FIRMWARE
+ 	tristate
++	select DW_DMAC_CORE
+ 
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_ACPI
+ 	tristate
+@@ -47,16 +45,18 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_MATCH
+ 
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL
+ 	tristate
++	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
+ 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_FIRMWARE
+ 
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BAYTRAIL
+ 	tristate
++	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
++	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_FIRMWARE
+ 
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL_MACH
+ 	tristate "ASoC Audio DSP support for Intel Haswell Lynxpoint"
+ 	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C && I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM
+-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE
+-	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
++	depends on DMADEVICES
+ 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL
+ 	select SND_SOC_RT5640
+ 	help
+@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BXT_RT298_MACH
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_RT5640_MACH
+ 	tristate "ASoC Audio driver for Intel Baytrail with RT5640 codec"
+ 	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C
+-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE && (SND_SST_IPC_ACPI = n)
+-	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
+-	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_FIRMWARE
++	depends on DMADEVICES
++	depends on SND_SST_IPC_ACPI = n
+ 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_BAYTRAIL
+ 	select SND_SOC_RT5640
+ 	help
+@@ -112,9 +111,8 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_RT5640_MACH
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_MAX98090_MACH
+ 	tristate "ASoC Audio driver for Intel Baytrail with MAX98090 codec"
+ 	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C
+-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE && (SND_SST_IPC_ACPI = n)
+-	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
+-	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_FIRMWARE
++	depends on DMADEVICES
++	depends on SND_SST_IPC_ACPI = n
+ 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_BAYTRAIL
+ 	select SND_SOC_MAX98090
+ 	help
+@@ -123,9 +121,8 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_MAX98090_MACH
+ 
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BDW_RT5677_MACH
+ 	tristate "ASoC Audio driver for Intel Broadwell with RT5677 codec"
+-	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && GPIOLIB && I2C && DW_DMAC
+-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE=y
+-	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
++	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && GPIOLIB && I2C
++	depends on DMADEVICES
+ 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL
+ 	select SND_SOC_RT5677
+ 	help
+@@ -134,10 +131,8 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BDW_RT5677_MACH
+ 
+ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BROADWELL_MACH
+ 	tristate "ASoC Audio DSP support for Intel Broadwell Wildcatpoint"
+-	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C && DW_DMAC && \
+-		   I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM
+-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE
+-	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
++	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C && I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM
++	depends on DMADEVICES
+ 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL
+ 	select SND_SOC_RT286
+ 	help
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index e220176f8..ea323b6e3 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ bugfix/x86/viafb-autoload-on-olpc-xo1.5-only.patch
 debian/fanotify-taint-on-use-of-fanotify_access_permissions.patch
 
 # Arch bug fixes
+bugfix/x86/asoc-intel-select-dw_dmac_core-since-it-s-mandatory.patch
 
 # Arch features
 features/mips/MIPS-increase-MAX-PHYSMEM-BITS-on-Loongson-3-only.patch