1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/memory.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/memory.c
index ffb1ddb8dc2..957a311514c 100644
--- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/memory.c
+++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/memory.c
@@ -310,8 +310,10 @@ snd_emu10k1_alloc_pages(struct snd_emu10k1 *emu, struct snd_pcm_substream *subst
         if (snd_BUG_ON(!hdr))
                 return NULL;
 
+        idx = runtime->period_size >= runtime->buffer_size ?
+                                        (emu->delay_pcm_irq * 2) : 0;
         mutex_lock(&hdr->block_mutex);
-        blk = search_empty(emu, runtime->dma_bytes);
+        blk = search_empty(emu, runtime->dma_bytes + idx);
         if (blk == NULL) {
                 mutex_unlock(&hdr->block_mutex);
                 return NULL;