diff --git a/sound/usb/card.c b/sound/usb/card.c
index 800f7cb4f251cd77ae246c5dee2acaed9de587f4..c0f8270bc199e9e91a82cef451d1aa63ead9eb15 100644
--- a/sound/usb/card.c
+++ b/sound/usb/card.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ static int snd_usb_audio_create(struct usb_device *dev, int idx,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	mutex_init(&chip->shutdown_mutex);
 	chip->index = idx;
 	chip->dev = dev;
 	chip->card = card;
@@ -531,6 +532,7 @@ static void snd_usb_audio_disconnect(struct usb_device *dev, void *ptr)
 	chip = ptr;
 	card = chip->card;
 	mutex_lock(&register_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&chip->shutdown_mutex);
 	chip->shutdown = 1;
 	chip->num_interfaces--;
 	if (chip->num_interfaces <= 0) {
@@ -548,9 +550,11 @@ static void snd_usb_audio_disconnect(struct usb_device *dev, void *ptr)
 			snd_usb_mixer_disconnect(p);
 		}
 		usb_chip[chip->index] = NULL;
+		mutex_unlock(&chip->shutdown_mutex);
 		mutex_unlock(&register_mutex);
 		snd_card_free_when_closed(card);
 	} else {
+		mutex_unlock(&chip->shutdown_mutex);
 		mutex_unlock(&register_mutex);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sound/usb/pcm.c b/sound/usb/pcm.c
index 4132522ac90f8c88da831b68f9cbdf777131de8e..e3f680526cb5ce840787d7feba00cdf7e54ff2f5 100644
--- a/sound/usb/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/usb/pcm.c
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ static int snd_usb_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	}
 
 	if (changed) {
+		mutex_lock(&subs->stream->chip->shutdown_mutex);
 		/* format changed */
 		snd_usb_release_substream_urbs(subs, 0);
 		/* influenced: period_bytes, channels, rate, format, */
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ static int snd_usb_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 						  params_rate(hw_params),
 						  snd_pcm_format_physical_width(params_format(hw_params)) *
 							params_channels(hw_params));
+		mutex_unlock(&subs->stream->chip->shutdown_mutex);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -385,8 +387,9 @@ static int snd_usb_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	subs->cur_audiofmt = NULL;
 	subs->cur_rate = 0;
 	subs->period_bytes = 0;
-	if (!subs->stream->chip->shutdown)
-		snd_usb_release_substream_urbs(subs, 0);
+	mutex_lock(&subs->stream->chip->shutdown_mutex);
+	snd_usb_release_substream_urbs(subs, 0);
+	mutex_unlock(&subs->stream->chip->shutdown_mutex);
 	return snd_pcm_lib_free_vmalloc_buffer(substream);
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/usb/usbaudio.h b/sound/usb/usbaudio.h
index db3eb21627eeee5f7c9c062286e5669ed93aff1a..6e66fffe87f57096bbcb9abf1cbe453d075400ab 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usbaudio.h
+++ b/sound/usb/usbaudio.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct snd_usb_audio {
 	struct snd_card *card;
 	u32 usb_id;
 	int shutdown;
+	struct mutex shutdown_mutex;
 	unsigned int txfr_quirk:1; /* Subframe boundaries on transfers */
 	int num_interfaces;
 	int num_suspended_intf;