diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/DirectAudioDevice.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/DirectAudioDevice.java
index 127e7f35ce332e6134346529055698636e6a0f68..57c80856f0311891f6e1894c54283a3984c0da61 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/DirectAudioDevice.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/media/sound/DirectAudioDevice.java
@@ -1393,8 +1393,11 @@ class DirectAudioDevice extends AbstractMixer {
         public void run() {
             if (Printer.trace) Printer.trace(">>> DirectClip: run() threadID="+Thread.currentThread().getId());
             while (thread != null) {
-                if (!doIO) {
-                    synchronized(lock) {
+                // doIO is volatile, but we could check it, then get
+                // pre-empted while another thread changes doIO and notifies,
+                // before we wait (so we sleep in wait forever).
+                synchronized(lock) {
+                    if (!doIO) {
                         try {
                             lock.wait();
                         } catch(InterruptedException ie) {}