1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sound/oss/midibuf.c b/sound/oss/midibuf.c
index a40be0cf1d9..782b3b84dac 100644
--- a/sound/oss/midibuf.c
+++ b/sound/oss/midibuf.c
@@ -127,15 +127,16 @@ static void midi_poll(unsigned long dummy)
                 for (dev = 0; dev < num_midis; dev++)
                         if (midi_devs[dev] != NULL && midi_out_buf[dev] != NULL)
                         {
-                                int ok = 1;
-
-                                while (DATA_AVAIL(midi_out_buf[dev]) && ok)
+                                while (DATA_AVAIL(midi_out_buf[dev]))
                                 {
+                                        int ok;
                                         int c = midi_out_buf[dev]->queue[midi_out_buf[dev]->head];
 
                                         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock,flags);/* Give some time to others */
                                         ok = midi_devs[dev]->outputc(dev, c);
                                         spin_lock_irqsave(&lock, flags);
+                                        if (!ok)
+                                                break;
                                         midi_out_buf[dev]->head = (midi_out_buf[dev]->head + 1) % MAX_QUEUE_SIZE;
                                         midi_out_buf[dev]->len--;
                                 }