diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index b6e6314d006954c096541632999c90f35a34bcc6..df6d9820efad9cc54e1c2051ba8b59e7d5b81fb7 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -588,15 +588,17 @@ static int azx_corb_send_cmd(struct hda_bus *bus, u32 val)
 	unsigned int addr = azx_command_addr(val);
 	unsigned int wp;
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&chip->reg_lock);
+
 	/* add command to corb */
 	wp = azx_readb(chip, CORBWP);
 	wp++;
 	wp %= ICH6_MAX_CORB_ENTRIES;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&chip->reg_lock);
 	chip->rirb.cmds[addr]++;
 	chip->corb.buf[wp] = cpu_to_le32(val);
 	azx_writel(chip, CORBWP, wp);
+
 	spin_unlock_irq(&chip->reg_lock);
 
 	return 0;