}
 
 static int handle_in_packet(struct amdtp_stream *s,
-                           unsigned int payload_quadlets, __be32 *buffer)
+                           unsigned int payload_quadlets, __be32 *buffer,
+                           unsigned int *data_blocks)
 {
        u32 cip_header[2];
-       unsigned int data_blocks;
        unsigned int data_block_quadlets, data_block_counter, dbc_interval;
        struct snd_pcm_substream *pcm = NULL;
        bool lost;
                dev_info_ratelimited(&s->unit->device,
                                "Invalid CIP header for AMDTP: %08X:%08X\n",
                                cip_header[0], cip_header[1]);
-               data_blocks = 0;
+               *data_blocks = 0;
                goto end;
        }
 
        if (payload_quadlets < 3 ||
            ((cip_header[1] & CIP_FDF_MASK) ==
                                (AMDTP_FDF_NO_DATA << CIP_FDF_SHIFT))) {
-               data_blocks = 0;
+               *data_blocks = 0;
        } else {
                data_block_quadlets =
                        (cip_header[0] & CIP_DBS_MASK) >> CIP_DBS_SHIFT;
                if (s->flags & CIP_WRONG_DBS)
                        data_block_quadlets = s->data_block_quadlets;
 
-               data_blocks = (payload_quadlets - 2) / data_block_quadlets;
+               *data_blocks = (payload_quadlets - 2) / data_block_quadlets;
        }
 
        /* Check data block counter continuity */
        data_block_counter = cip_header[0] & CIP_DBC_MASK;
-       if (data_blocks == 0 && (s->flags & CIP_EMPTY_HAS_WRONG_DBC) &&
+       if (*data_blocks == 0 && (s->flags & CIP_EMPTY_HAS_WRONG_DBC) &&
            s->data_block_counter != UINT_MAX)
                data_block_counter = s->data_block_counter;
 
        } else if (!(s->flags & CIP_DBC_IS_END_EVENT)) {
                lost = data_block_counter != s->data_block_counter;
        } else {
-               if ((data_blocks > 0) && (s->tx_dbc_interval > 0))
+               if ((*data_blocks > 0) && (s->tx_dbc_interval > 0))
                        dbc_interval = s->tx_dbc_interval;
                else
-                       dbc_interval = data_blocks;
+                       dbc_interval = *data_blocks;
 
                lost = data_block_counter !=
                       ((s->data_block_counter + dbc_interval) & 0xff);
                return -EIO;
        }
 
-       if (data_blocks > 0) {
+       if (*data_blocks > 0) {
                buffer += 2;
 
                pcm = ACCESS_ONCE(s->pcm);
                if (pcm)
-                       s->transfer_samples(s, pcm, buffer, data_blocks);
+                       s->transfer_samples(s, pcm, buffer, *data_blocks);
 
                if (s->midi_ports)
-                       read_midi_messages(s, buffer, data_blocks);
+                       read_midi_messages(s, buffer, *data_blocks);
        }
 
        if (s->flags & CIP_DBC_IS_END_EVENT)
                s->data_block_counter = data_block_counter;
        else
                s->data_block_counter =
-                               (data_block_counter + data_blocks) & 0xff;
+                               (data_block_counter + *data_blocks) & 0xff;
 end:
        if (queue_in_packet(s) < 0)
                return -EIO;
 
        if (pcm)
-               update_pcm_pointers(s, pcm, data_blocks);
+               update_pcm_pointers(s, pcm, *data_blocks);
 
-       return data_blocks;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void out_stream_callback(struct fw_iso_context *context, u32 cycle,
                        break;
                }
 
-               data_blocks = handle_in_packet(s, payload_quadlets, buffer);
-               if (data_blocks < 0) {
+               if (handle_in_packet(s, payload_quadlets, buffer,
+                                                       &data_blocks) < 0) {
                        s->packet_index = -1;
                        break;
                }