diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
index 4a3cecc8ad38..79c57b77b0db 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ amidi_map
     MIDI device number maps assigned to the 2st OSS device;
     Default: 1
 
+Module snd-soc-core
+-------------------
+
+The soc core module. It is used by all ALSA card drivers.
+It takes the following options which have global effects.
+
+prealloc_buffer_size_kbytes
+    Specify prealloc buffer size in kbytes (default: 512).
+
 Common parameters for top sound card modules
 --------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
index 232df04ca586..f04b8ae8ac31 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
 #include <sound/dmaengine_pcm.h>
 
+static unsigned int prealloc_buffer_size_kbytes = 512;
+module_param(prealloc_buffer_size_kbytes, uint, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(prealloc_buffer_size_kbytes, "Preallocate DMA buffer size (KB).");
+
 /*
  * The platforms dmaengine driver does not support reporting the amount of
  * bytes that are still left to transfer.
@@ -276,7 +280,7 @@ static int dmaengine_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 		prealloc_buffer_size = config->prealloc_buffer_size;
 		max_buffer_size = config->pcm_hardware->buffer_bytes_max;
 	} else {
-		prealloc_buffer_size = 512 * 1024;
+		prealloc_buffer_size = prealloc_buffer_size_kbytes * 1024;
 		max_buffer_size = SIZE_MAX;
 	}