diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
index e814a9591f78..2952fb046ed6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
@@ -256,6 +256,31 @@ static int omap_mcbsp_dai_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static snd_pcm_sframes_t omap_mcbsp_dai_delay(
+			struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+			struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;
+	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = rtd->dai->cpu_dai;
+	struct omap_mcbsp_data *mcbsp_data = to_mcbsp(cpu_dai->private_data);
+	u16 fifo_use;
+	snd_pcm_sframes_t delay;
+
+	if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)
+		fifo_use = omap_mcbsp_get_tx_delay(mcbsp_data->bus_id);
+	else
+		fifo_use = omap_mcbsp_get_rx_delay(mcbsp_data->bus_id);
+
+	/*
+	 * Divide the used locations with the channel count to get the
+	 * FIFO usage in samples (don't care about partial samples in the
+	 * buffer).
+	 */
+	delay = fifo_use / substream->runtime->channels;
+
+	return delay;
+}
+
 static int omap_mcbsp_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				    struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
 				    struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
@@ -607,6 +632,7 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai_ops omap_mcbsp_dai_ops = {
 	.startup	= omap_mcbsp_dai_startup,
 	.shutdown	= omap_mcbsp_dai_shutdown,
 	.trigger	= omap_mcbsp_dai_trigger,
+	.delay		= omap_mcbsp_dai_delay,
 	.hw_params	= omap_mcbsp_dai_hw_params,
 	.set_fmt	= omap_mcbsp_dai_set_dai_fmt,
 	.set_clkdiv	= omap_mcbsp_dai_set_clkdiv,