1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-pcm.c b/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-pcm.c
index 2245f8b8edc1..8263f56dc665 100644
--- a/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-pcm.c
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ static int nuc900_dma_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
         unsigned long flags;
         int ret = 0;
 
-        spin_lock_irqsave(&nuc900_audio->lock, flags);
-
         ret = snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages(substream, params_buffer_bytes(params));
         if (ret < 0)
                 return ret;
 
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&nuc900_audio->lock, flags);
+
         nuc900_audio->substream = substream;
         nuc900_audio->dma_addr[substream->stream] = runtime->dma_addr;
         nuc900_audio->buffersize[substream->stream] =
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static int nuc900_dma_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
         struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
         struct nuc900_audio *nuc900_audio = runtime->private_data;
         unsigned long flags, val;
+        int ret = 0;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&nuc900_audio->lock, flags);
 
@@ -197,10 +198,10 @@ static int nuc900_dma_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
                 AUDIO_WRITE(nuc900_audio->mmio + ACTL_RESET, val);
                 break;
         default:
-                return -EINVAL;
+                ret = -EINVAL;
         }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nuc900_audio->lock, flags);
-        return 0;
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static int nuc900_dma_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd)