diff --git a/sound/mips/au1x00.c b/sound/mips/au1x00.c
index 3e763d6a5d67..446cf9748664 100644
--- a/sound/mips/au1x00.c
+++ b/sound/mips/au1x00.c
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ get the interrupt driven case to work efficiently */
 			break;
 	if (i == 0x5000) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "au1000 AC97: AC97 command read timeout\n");
+		spin_unlock(&au1000->ac97_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/oss/dmasound/dmasound_atari.c b/sound/oss/dmasound/dmasound_atari.c
index 1f4774123064..13c214466d3b 100644
--- a/sound/oss/dmasound/dmasound_atari.c
+++ b/sound/oss/dmasound/dmasound_atari.c
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ static irqreturn_t AtaInterrupt(int irq, void *dummy)
 		 * (almost) like on the TT.
 		 */
 		write_sq_ignore_int = 0;
-		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (!write_sq.active) {
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static irqreturn_t AtaInterrupt(int irq, void *dummy)
 		 * the sq variables, so better don't do anything here.
 		 */
 		WAKE_UP(write_sq.sync_queue);
-		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Probably ;) one frame is finished. Well, in fact it may be that a
@@ -1322,6 +1322,7 @@ static irqreturn_t AtaInterrupt(int irq, void *dummy)
 	/* We are not playing after AtaPlay(), so there
 	   is nothing to play any more. Wake up a process
 	   waiting for audio output to drain. */
+out:
 	spin_unlock(&dmasound.lock);
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }