diff --git a/sound/core/timer.c b/sound/core/timer.c
index 3c11a6983f54..e5ddc475dca4 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -1622,6 +1622,7 @@ static int snd_timer_user_tselect(struct file *file,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto __err;
 
+	tu->qhead = tu->qtail = tu->qused = 0;
 	kfree(tu->queue);
 	tu->queue = NULL;
 	kfree(tu->tqueue);