diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c
index ccd893566f1d..046cb586fb2f 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ snd_seq_oss_readq_clear(struct seq_oss_readq *q)
 		q->head = q->tail = 0;
 	}
 	/* if someone sleeping, wake'em up */
-	if (waitqueue_active(&q->midi_sleep))
-		wake_up(&q->midi_sleep);
+	wake_up(&q->midi_sleep);
 	q->input_time = (unsigned long)-1;
 }
 
@@ -138,8 +137,7 @@ snd_seq_oss_readq_put_event(struct seq_oss_readq *q, union evrec *ev)
 	q->qlen++;
 
 	/* wake up sleeper */
-	if (waitqueue_active(&q->midi_sleep))
-		wake_up(&q->midi_sleep);
+	wake_up(&q->midi_sleep);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_writeq.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_writeq.c
index d50338bbc21f..1f6788a18444 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_writeq.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_writeq.c
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@ snd_seq_oss_writeq_wakeup(struct seq_oss_writeq *q, abstime_t time)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->sync_lock, flags);
 	q->sync_time = time;
 	q->sync_event_put = 0;
-	if (waitqueue_active(&q->sync_sleep)) {
-		wake_up(&q->sync_sleep);
-	}
+	wake_up(&q->sync_sleep);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->sync_lock, flags);
 }