1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c
index cd0e0ebbfdb1..9e2b250ae780 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c
@@ -363,10 +363,14 @@ get_synthdev(struct seq_oss_devinfo *dp, int dev)
                 return NULL;
         if (! dp->synths[dev].opened)
                 return NULL;
-        if (dp->synths[dev].is_midi)
-                return &midi_synth_dev;
-        if ((rec = get_sdev(dev)) == NULL)
-                return NULL;
+        if (dp->synths[dev].is_midi) {
+                rec = &midi_synth_dev;
+                snd_use_lock_use(&rec->use_lock);
+        } else {
+                rec = get_sdev(dev);
+                if (!rec)
+                        return NULL;
+        }
         if (! rec->opened) {
                 snd_use_lock_free(&rec->use_lock);
                 return NULL;