diff --git a/sound/oss/sb_audio.c b/sound/oss/sb_audio.c
index 733b014ec7d1637a50954b46ff64b6bd662241e3..b2b3c014221afd4d6b2079c6a3627f64fcfe9480 100644
--- a/sound/oss/sb_audio.c
+++ b/sound/oss/sb_audio.c
@@ -575,13 +575,15 @@ static int jazz16_audio_set_speed(int dev, int speed)
 	if (speed > 0)
 	{
 		int tmp;
-		int s = speed * devc->channels;
+		int s;
 
 		if (speed < 5000)
 			speed = 5000;
 		if (speed > 44100)
 			speed = 44100;
 
+		s = speed * devc->channels;
+
 		devc->tconst = (256 - ((1000000 + s / 2) / s)) & 0xff;
 
 		tmp = 256 - devc->tconst;