diff --git a/alsa-utils.changes b/alsa-utils.changes
index b7ef0fb..57c2493 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.changes
+++ b/alsa-utils.changes
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Sun Oct 18 19:12:43 CEST 2020 - tiwai@suse.de
 
 - Use /run/lock for alsactl lock directory (bsc#1177826)
+- Migrate the old asound.state file if the new path isn't present
+  yet (bsc#1177826)
 
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 Mon Oct  5 12:39:42 CEST 2020 - tiwai@suse.de
diff --git a/alsa-utils.spec b/alsa-utils.spec
index 6ee6afd..dabdf19 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.spec
+++ b/alsa-utils.spec
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ install -c -m 0755 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/scripts
 
 %post
 %service_add_post sound-extra.service
+# migrate the old asound.state
+test -f %{_localstatedir}/lib/alsa/asound.state || \
+  test -f /etc/asound.state && \
+    cp -a /etc/asound.state %{_localstatedir}/lib/alsa/asound.state
+exit 0
 
 %preun
 %service_del_preun sound-extra.service