diff --git a/sound/firewire/digi00x/amdtp-dot.c b/sound/firewire/digi00x/amdtp-dot.c
index 398c57a6fb43..59b86c8d89e1 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/digi00x/amdtp-dot.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/digi00x/amdtp-dot.c
@@ -396,16 +396,13 @@ int amdtp_dot_init(struct amdtp_stream *s, struct fw_unit *unit,
 		 enum amdtp_stream_direction dir)
 {
 	amdtp_stream_process_ctx_payloads_t process_ctx_payloads;
-	unsigned int flags;
+	unsigned int flags = CIP_NONBLOCKING | CIP_UNAWARE_SYT;
 
 	// Use different mode between incoming/outgoing.
-	if (dir == AMDTP_IN_STREAM) {
-		flags = CIP_NONBLOCKING;
+	if (dir == AMDTP_IN_STREAM)
 		process_ctx_payloads = process_ir_ctx_payloads;
-	} else {
-		flags = CIP_BLOCKING;
+	else
 		process_ctx_payloads = process_it_ctx_payloads;
-	}
 
 	return amdtp_stream_init(s, unit, dir, flags, CIP_FMT_AM,
 				process_ctx_payloads, sizeof(struct amdtp_dot));
diff --git a/sound/firewire/digi00x/digi00x-stream.c b/sound/firewire/digi00x/digi00x-stream.c
index 2019f6533477..a15f55b0dce3 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/digi00x/digi00x-stream.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/digi00x/digi00x-stream.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "digi00x.h"
 
-#define READY_TIMEOUT_MS	500
+#define READY_TIMEOUT_MS	200
 
 const unsigned int snd_dg00x_stream_rates[SND_DG00X_RATE_COUNT] = {
 	[SND_DG00X_RATE_44100] = 44100,
@@ -375,7 +375,11 @@ int snd_dg00x_stream_start_duplex(struct snd_dg00x *dg00x)
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto error;
 
-		err = amdtp_domain_start(&dg00x->domain, 0, false, false);
+		// NOTE: The device doesn't start packet transmission till receiving any packet.
+		// It ignores presentation time expressed by the value of syt field of CIP header
+		// in received packets. The sequence of the number of data blocks per packet is
+		// important for media clock recovery.
+		err = amdtp_domain_start(&dg00x->domain, 0, true, true);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto error;