diff --git a/doc/dox/config/pipewire-devices.7.md b/doc/dox/config/pipewire-devices.7.md
index 7c17f2b1f..0220acf2e 100644
--- a/doc/dox/config/pipewire-devices.7.md
+++ b/doc/dox/config/pipewire-devices.7.md
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ Use ALSA htimestamps in scheduling, instead of the system clock.
 Some ALSA drivers produce bad timestamps, so this is not enabled by default
 and will be disabled at runtime if it looks like the ALSA timestamps are bad.
 
+@PAR@ device-param  api.alsa.htimestamp.max-errors
+Specify the number of consecutive errors before htimestamp is disabled.
+Setting this to 0 makes htimestamp never get disabled.
+
 @PAR@ device-param  api.alsa.disable-tsched = false
 Disable timer-based scheduling, and use IRQ for scheduling instead.
 The "Pro Audio" profile will usually enable this setting, if it is expected it works on the hardware.
diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
index 571189b9b..55734024e 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static int alsa_set_param(struct state *state, const char *k, const char *s)
 		state->multi_rate = spa_atob(s);
 	} else if (spa_streq(k, "api.alsa.htimestamp")) {
 		state->htimestamp = spa_atob(s);
+	} else if (spa_streq(k, "api.alsa.htimestamp.max-errors")) {
+		state->htimestamp_max_errors = atoi(s);
 	} else if (spa_streq(k, "api.alsa.auto-link")) {
 		state->auto_link = spa_atob(s);
 	} else if (spa_streq(k, "latency.internal.rate")) {
@@ -411,9 +413,17 @@ struct spa_pod *spa_alsa_enum_propinfo(struct state *state,
 			SPA_PROP_INFO_type, SPA_POD_String(state->clock_name),
 			SPA_PROP_INFO_params, SPA_POD_Bool(true));
 		break;
+	case 18:
+		param = spa_pod_builder_add_object(b,
+			SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_PropInfo, SPA_PARAM_PropInfo,
+			SPA_PROP_INFO_name, SPA_POD_String("api.alsa.htimestamp.max-errors"),
+			SPA_PROP_INFO_description, SPA_POD_String("Max errors before disabling htimestamp"),
+			SPA_PROP_INFO_type, SPA_POD_CHOICE_RANGE_Int(state->htimestamp_max_errors, 0, INT32_MAX),
+			SPA_PROP_INFO_params, SPA_POD_Bool(true));
+		break;
 	// While adding params here, update the math in default too
 	default:
-		idx -= 17;
+		idx -= 18;
 		if (idx <= state->num_bind_ctls)
 			param = enum_bind_ctl_propinfo(state, idx - 1, b);
 		else
@@ -530,6 +540,9 @@ int spa_alsa_add_prop_params(struct state *state, struct spa_pod_builder *b)
 	spa_pod_builder_string(b, "api.alsa.htimestamp");
 	spa_pod_builder_bool(b, state->htimestamp);
 
+	spa_pod_builder_string(b, "api.alsa.htimestamp.max-errors");
+	spa_pod_builder_int(b, state->htimestamp_max_errors);
+
 	spa_pod_builder_string(b, "latency.internal.rate");
 	spa_pod_builder_int(b, state->process_latency.rate);
 
@@ -753,6 +766,7 @@ int spa_alsa_init(struct state *state, const struct spa_dict *info)
 
 	state->multi_rate = true;
 	state->htimestamp = false;
+	state->htimestamp_max_errors = MAX_HTIMESTAMP_ERROR;
 	for (i = 0; info && i < info->n_items; i++) {
 		const char *k = info->items[i].key;
 		const char *s = info->items[i].value;
@@ -2490,8 +2504,8 @@ static int get_avail(struct state *state, uint64_t current_time, snd_pcm_uframes
 			if (SPA_ABS(diff) < state->threshold * 3) {
 				*delay += SPA_CLAMP(diff, -((int64_t)state->threshold), (int64_t)state->threshold);
 				state->htimestamp_error = 0;
-			} else {
-				if (++state->htimestamp_error > MAX_HTIMESTAMP_ERROR) {
+			} else if (state->htimestamp_max_errors) {
+				if (++state->htimestamp_error > state->htimestamp_max_errors) {
 					spa_log_error(state->log, "%s: wrong htimestamps from driver, disabling",
 						state->name);
 					state->htimestamp_error = 0;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.h b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.h
index 172993fbd..aba72a293 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct state {
 	uint32_t min_delay;
 	uint32_t max_delay;
 	uint32_t htimestamp_error;
+	uint32_t htimestamp_max_errors;
 
 	struct spa_fraction driver_rate;
 	uint32_t driver_duration;