int err = -ENODEV;
 
        down_read(&chip->shutdown_rwsem);
-       if (chip->probing)
+       if (chip->probing && chip->in_pm)
                err = 0;
        else if (!chip->shutdown)
                err = usb_autopm_get_interface(chip->pm_intf);
 void snd_usb_autosuspend(struct snd_usb_audio *chip)
 {
        down_read(&chip->shutdown_rwsem);
-       if (!chip->shutdown && !chip->probing)
+       if (!chip->shutdown && !chip->probing && !chip->in_pm)
                usb_autopm_put_interface(chip->pm_intf);
        up_read(&chip->shutdown_rwsem);
 }
                return 0;
        if (--chip->num_suspended_intf)
                return 0;
+
+       chip->in_pm = 1;
        /*
         * ALSA leaves material resumption to user space
         * we just notify and restart the mixers
        chip->autosuspended = 0;
 
 err_out:
+       chip->in_pm = 0;
        return err;
 }
 
 
        struct rw_semaphore shutdown_rwsem;
        unsigned int shutdown:1;
        unsigned int probing:1;
+       unsigned int in_pm:1;
        unsigned int autosuspended:1;   
        unsigned int txfr_quirk:1; /* Subframe boundaries on transfers */