diff --git a/include/sound/rawmidi.h b/include/sound/rawmidi.h
index 989e1517332d63184602a78e1f51351832e58f4d..7a08ed2acd609f7a969a4d480cb5a2739939d677 100644
--- a/include/sound/rawmidi.h
+++ b/include/sound/rawmidi.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct snd_rawmidi_file {
 	struct snd_rawmidi *rmidi;
 	struct snd_rawmidi_substream *input;
 	struct snd_rawmidi_substream *output;
+	unsigned int user_pversion;	/* supported protocol version */
 };
 
 struct snd_rawmidi_str {
diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
index 1d84ec9db93bd34e77ab31643cd8b5534480f1a1..5859ca0a1439be4cc3276fd54d9cc20c3c28fa25 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ struct snd_rawmidi_status {
 
 #define SNDRV_RAWMIDI_IOCTL_PVERSION	_IOR('W', 0x00, int)
 #define SNDRV_RAWMIDI_IOCTL_INFO	_IOR('W', 0x01, struct snd_rawmidi_info)
+#define SNDRV_RAWMIDI_IOCTL_USER_PVERSION _IOW('W', 0x02, int)
 #define SNDRV_RAWMIDI_IOCTL_PARAMS	_IOWR('W', 0x10, struct snd_rawmidi_params)
 #define SNDRV_RAWMIDI_IOCTL_STATUS	_IOWR('W', 0x20, struct snd_rawmidi_status)
 #define SNDRV_RAWMIDI_IOCTL_DROP	_IOW('W', 0x30, int)
diff --git a/sound/core/rawmidi.c b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
index 6c0a4a67ad2e39082a12090b7c22acc0f185d936..6f30231bdb88454c0d6c279f557965c1083608c4 100644
--- a/sound/core/rawmidi.c
+++ b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
@@ -873,12 +873,21 @@ static long snd_rawmidi_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
+	case SNDRV_RAWMIDI_IOCTL_USER_PVERSION:
+		if (get_user(rfile->user_pversion, (unsigned int __user *)arg))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		return 0;
+
 	case SNDRV_RAWMIDI_IOCTL_PARAMS:
 	{
 		struct snd_rawmidi_params params;
 
 		if (copy_from_user(&params, argp, sizeof(struct snd_rawmidi_params)))
 			return -EFAULT;
+		if (rfile->user_pversion < SNDRV_PROTOCOL_VERSION(2, 0, 2)) {
+			params.mode = 0;
+			memset(params.reserved, 0, sizeof(params.reserved));
+		}
 		switch (params.stream) {
 		case SNDRV_RAWMIDI_STREAM_OUTPUT:
 			if (rfile->output == NULL)