diff --git a/sound/arm/pxa2xx-pcm-lib.c b/sound/arm/pxa2xx-pcm-lib.c
index 76e0d56950751a8a60074d5a9a7df6232a1ee472..823359ed95e16a0969ee6c28843a4777387d3561 100644
--- a/sound/arm/pxa2xx-pcm-lib.c
+++ b/sound/arm/pxa2xx-pcm-lib.c
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ void pxa2xx_pcm_dma_irq(int dma_ch, void *dev_id)
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: DMA error on channel %d (DCSR=%#x)\n",
 			rtd->params->name, dma_ch, dcsr);
+		snd_pcm_stream_lock(substream);
 		snd_pcm_stop(substream, SNDRV_PCM_STATE_XRUN);
+		snd_pcm_stream_unlock(substream);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pxa2xx_pcm_dma_irq);