diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3307b6a..846e706 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   [ Jordi Mallach ]
   * New upstream release.
   * Acknowledge 1.2.4-1.1 NMU by Thorsten Glaser.
+  * Drop 976895.diff, cherry-picked from current version.
 
   [ Debian Janitor ]
   * Set upstream metadata fields: Repository.
diff --git a/debian/patches/976895.diff b/debian/patches/976895.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 61388d4..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/976895.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-Origin: upstream, commit:afe6ff3b33ee6e5ea3511fe458bfd4e516b10bcf
-Description: pcm: plugin status - fix the return value (regression)
- The snd_pcm_plugin_avail_update() error code in snd_pcm_plugin_status()
- should not be reported to the caller. The state errors can be determined
- using the state member in the status structure.
- .
- Fixes: 4f90392f07e ("pcm: fix the snd_pcm_plugin_status() avail and delay fields")
- BugLink: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/issues/107
- Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
-From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
-Bug: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/issues/107
-Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976895
-
---- a/src/pcm/pcm_plugin.c
-+++ b/src/pcm/pcm_plugin.c
-@@ -541,19 +541,17 @@ static snd_pcm_sframes_t snd_pcm_plugin_
- static int snd_pcm_plugin_status(snd_pcm_t *pcm, snd_pcm_status_t * status)
- {
- 	snd_pcm_plugin_t *plugin = pcm->private_data;
--	snd_pcm_sframes_t err, avail;
-+	snd_pcm_sframes_t err;
- 
- 	/* sync with the latest hw and appl ptrs */
--	avail = snd_pcm_plugin_avail_update(pcm);
--	if (avail < 0)
--		return avail;
-+	snd_pcm_plugin_avail_update(pcm);
- 
- 	err = snd_pcm_status(plugin->gen.slave, status);
- 	if (err < 0)
- 		return err;
- 	status->appl_ptr = *pcm->appl.ptr;
- 	status->hw_ptr = *pcm->hw.ptr;
--	status->avail = avail;
-+	status->avail = snd_pcm_mmap_avail(pcm);
- 	status->delay = snd_pcm_mmap_delay(pcm);
- 	return 0;
- }
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 52e6543..315c174 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 0001-Enabled-extended-namehints-in-alsa.conf.patch
-976895.diff