diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_midi.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_midi.c
index 862d84893ee8..02f499a09938 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_midi.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_midi.c
@@ -618,9 +618,7 @@ send_midi_event(struct seq_oss_devinfo *dp, struct snd_seq_event *ev, struct seq
 	if (!dp->timer->running)
 		len = snd_seq_oss_timer_start(dp->timer);
 	if (ev->type == SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_SYSEX) {
-		if ((ev->flags & SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_LENGTH_MASK) == SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_LENGTH_VARIABLE)
-			snd_seq_oss_readq_puts(dp->readq, mdev->seq_device,
-					       ev->data.ext.ptr, ev->data.ext.len);
+		snd_seq_oss_readq_sysex(dp->readq, mdev->seq_device, ev);
 	} else {
 		len = snd_midi_event_decode(mdev->coder, msg, sizeof(msg), ev);
 		if (len > 0)
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c
index 73661c4ab82a..7bbc61046d3a 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.c
@@ -119,6 +119,35 @@ snd_seq_oss_readq_puts(struct seq_oss_readq *q, int dev, unsigned char *data, in
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * put MIDI sysex bytes; the event buffer may be chained, thus it has
+ * to be expanded via snd_seq_dump_var_event().
+ */
+struct readq_sysex_ctx {
+	struct seq_oss_readq *readq;
+	int dev;
+};
+
+static int readq_dump_sysex(void *ptr, void *buf, int count)
+{
+	struct readq_sysex_ctx *ctx = ptr;
+
+	return snd_seq_oss_readq_puts(ctx->readq, ctx->dev, buf, count);
+}
+
+int snd_seq_oss_readq_sysex(struct seq_oss_readq *q, int dev,
+			    struct snd_seq_event *ev)
+{
+	struct readq_sysex_ctx ctx = {
+		.readq = q,
+		.dev = dev
+	};
+
+	if ((ev->flags & SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_LENGTH_MASK) != SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_LENGTH_VARIABLE)
+		return 0;
+	return snd_seq_dump_var_event(ev, readq_dump_sysex, &ctx);
+}
+
 /*
  * copy an event to input queue:
  * return zero if enqueued
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.h b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.h
index f1463f1f449e..8d033ca2d23f 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.h
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_readq.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ void snd_seq_oss_readq_delete(struct seq_oss_readq *q);
 void snd_seq_oss_readq_clear(struct seq_oss_readq *readq);
 unsigned int snd_seq_oss_readq_poll(struct seq_oss_readq *readq, struct file *file, poll_table *wait);
 int snd_seq_oss_readq_puts(struct seq_oss_readq *readq, int dev, unsigned char *data, int len);
+int snd_seq_oss_readq_sysex(struct seq_oss_readq *q, int dev,
+			    struct snd_seq_event *ev);
 int snd_seq_oss_readq_put_event(struct seq_oss_readq *readq, union evrec *ev);
 int snd_seq_oss_readq_put_timestamp(struct seq_oss_readq *readq, unsigned long curt, int seq_mode);
 int snd_seq_oss_readq_pick(struct seq_oss_readq *q, union evrec *rec);