diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_memory.c b/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
index 7600dcdf5fd4..9aea1d6fb054 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_memory.c
@@ -133,19 +133,20 @@ static void snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_proc_write(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
 	size_t size;
 	struct snd_dma_buffer new_dmab;
 
+	mutex_lock(&substream->pcm->open_mutex);
 	if (substream->runtime) {
 		buffer->error = -EBUSY;
-		return;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 	if (!snd_info_get_line(buffer, line, sizeof(line))) {
 		snd_info_get_str(str, line, sizeof(str));
 		size = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 10) * 1024;
 		if ((size != 0 && size < 8192) || size > substream->dma_max) {
 			buffer->error = -EINVAL;
-			return;
+			goto unlock;
 		}
 		if (substream->dma_buffer.bytes == size)
-			return;
+			goto unlock;
 		memset(&new_dmab, 0, sizeof(new_dmab));
 		new_dmab.dev = substream->dma_buffer.dev;
 		if (size > 0) {
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ static void snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_proc_write(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
 						substream->dma_buffer.dev.dev,
 						size, &new_dmab) < 0) {
 				buffer->error = -ENOMEM;
-				return;
+				goto unlock;
 			}
 			substream->buffer_bytes_max = size;
 		} else {
@@ -165,6 +166,8 @@ static void snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_proc_write(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
 	} else {
 		buffer->error = -EINVAL;
 	}
+ unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&substream->pcm->open_mutex);
 }
 
 static inline void preallocate_info_init(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)