diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-pcm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-pcm.c
index bc1eaa3a0773..826016c3431a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-pcm.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-pcm.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_hw = {
 	.info = (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BLOCK_TRANSFER |
 		 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID |
-		 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_DRAIN_TRIGGER | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR),
+		 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR),
 	.formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U8 | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
 	.rates = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_CONTINUOUS | SNDRV_PCM_RATE_8000_48000,
 	.rate_min = 8000,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_hw = {
 static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_spdif_hw = {
 	.info = (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BLOCK_TRANSFER |
 		 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID |
-		 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_DRAIN_TRIGGER | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR),
+		 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR),
 	.formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
 	.rates = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_CONTINUOUS | SNDRV_PCM_RATE_44100 |
 	SNDRV_PCM_RATE_48000,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c
index 23fba01107b9..c6f9cf1913d2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ int bcm2835_audio_stop(struct bcm2835_alsa_stream *alsa_stream)
 					 VC_AUDIO_MSG_TYPE_STOP, false);
 }
 
+/* FIXME: this doesn't seem working as expected for "draining" */
 int bcm2835_audio_drain(struct bcm2835_alsa_stream *alsa_stream)
 {
 	struct vc_audio_msg m = {