diff --git a/sound/usb/endpoint.c b/sound/usb/endpoint.c
index 7f78c6d782b079d621d007f7c757e7cfd93587c7..34de6f2faf6120b492eb65208b9c9805aafe44e3 100644
--- a/sound/usb/endpoint.c
+++ b/sound/usb/endpoint.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #define EP_FLAG_ACTIVATED	0
 #define EP_FLAG_RUNNING		1
+#define EP_FLAG_STOPPING	2
 
 /*
  * snd_usb_endpoint is a model that abstracts everything related to an
@@ -502,10 +503,20 @@ static int wait_clear_urbs(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep)
 	if (alive)
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "timeout: still %d active urbs on EP #%x\n",
 					alive, ep->ep_num);
+	clear_bit(EP_FLAG_STOPPING, &ep->flags);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* sync the pending stop operation;
+ * this function itself doesn't trigger the stop operation
+ */
+void snd_usb_endpoint_sync_pending_stop(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep)
+{
+	if (ep && test_bit(EP_FLAG_STOPPING, &ep->flags))
+		wait_clear_urbs(ep);
+}
+
 /*
  * unlink active urbs.
  */
@@ -918,6 +929,8 @@ void snd_usb_endpoint_stop(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep,
 
 		if (wait)
 			wait_clear_urbs(ep);
+		else
+			set_bit(EP_FLAG_STOPPING, &ep->flags);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/usb/endpoint.h b/sound/usb/endpoint.h
index 6376ccf10fd470688daf103b37ff74bcf67af3ea..3d4c9705041ff5074c609dd2bfb303781a523c4e 100644
--- a/sound/usb/endpoint.h
+++ b/sound/usb/endpoint.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ int snd_usb_endpoint_set_params(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep,
 int  snd_usb_endpoint_start(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep, int can_sleep);
 void snd_usb_endpoint_stop(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep,
 			   int force, int can_sleep, int wait);
+void snd_usb_endpoint_sync_pending_stop(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep);
 int  snd_usb_endpoint_activate(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep);
 int  snd_usb_endpoint_deactivate(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep);
 void snd_usb_endpoint_free(struct list_head *head);
diff --git a/sound/usb/pcm.c b/sound/usb/pcm.c
index 37428f74dbb69f90ae5e9cc580f3d2a9f81811e8..5c12a3fe8c3e8dfae0af6388b9ee3ea8c6c16047 100644
--- a/sound/usb/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/usb/pcm.c
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ static int snd_usb_pcm_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	snd_usb_endpoint_sync_pending_stop(subs->sync_endpoint);
+	snd_usb_endpoint_sync_pending_stop(subs->data_endpoint);
+
 	ret = set_format(subs, subs->cur_audiofmt);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto unlock;