u32     cmd;
        int     status;
 
+       if (ehci->periodic_sched++)
+               return 0;
+
        /* did clearing PSE did take effect yet?
         * takes effect only at frame boundaries...
         */
        u32     cmd;
        int     status;
 
+       if (--ehci->periodic_sched)
+               return 0;
+
        /* did setting PSE not take effect yet?
         * takes effect only at frame boundaries...
         */
                : (qh->usecs * 8);
 
        /* maybe enable periodic schedule processing */
-       if (!ehci->periodic_sched++)
-               return enable_periodic (ehci);
-
-       return 0;
+       return enable_periodic(ehci);
 }
 
-static void qh_unlink_periodic (struct ehci_hcd *ehci, struct ehci_qh *qh)
+static int qh_unlink_periodic(struct ehci_hcd *ehci, struct ehci_qh *qh)
 {
        unsigned        i;
        unsigned        period;
        qh_put (qh);
 
        /* maybe turn off periodic schedule */
-       ehci->periodic_sched--;
-       if (!ehci->periodic_sched)
-               (void) disable_periodic (ehci);
+       return disable_periodic(ehci);
 }
 
 static void intr_deschedule (struct ehci_hcd *ehci, struct ehci_qh *qh)
        urb->hcpriv = NULL;
 
        timer_action (ehci, TIMER_IO_WATCHDOG);
-       if (unlikely (!ehci->periodic_sched++))
-               return enable_periodic (ehci);
-       return 0;
+       return enable_periodic(ehci);
 }
 
 #define        ISO_ERRS (EHCI_ISOC_BUF_ERR | EHCI_ISOC_BABBLE | EHCI_ISOC_XACTERR)
        ehci_urb_done(ehci, urb, 0);
        retval = true;
        urb = NULL;
-       ehci->periodic_sched--;
+       (void) disable_periodic(ehci);
        ehci_to_hcd(ehci)->self.bandwidth_isoc_reqs--;
 
        if (unlikely (list_empty (&stream->td_list))) {
        urb->hcpriv = NULL;
 
        timer_action (ehci, TIMER_IO_WATCHDOG);
-       if (!ehci->periodic_sched++)
-               return enable_periodic (ehci);
-       return 0;
+       return enable_periodic(ehci);
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
        ehci_urb_done(ehci, urb, 0);
        retval = true;
        urb = NULL;
-       ehci->periodic_sched--;
+       (void) disable_periodic(ehci);
        ehci_to_hcd(ehci)->self.bandwidth_isoc_reqs--;
 
        if (list_empty (&stream->td_list)) {
                        if (unlikely (modified)) {
                                if (likely(ehci->periodic_sched > 0))
                                        goto restart;
-                               /* maybe we can short-circuit this scan! */
-                               disable_periodic(ehci);
+                               /* short-circuit this scan */
                                now_uframe = clock;
                                break;
                        }