int snd_rawmidi_output_params(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
                              struct snd_rawmidi_params * params)
 {
-       char *newbuf;
+       char *newbuf, *oldbuf;
        struct snd_rawmidi_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
        
        if (substream->append && substream->use_count > 1)
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        if (params->buffer_size != runtime->buffer_size) {
-               newbuf = krealloc(runtime->buffer, params->buffer_size,
-                                 GFP_KERNEL);
+               newbuf = kmalloc(params->buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!newbuf)
                        return -ENOMEM;
+               spin_lock_irq(&runtime->lock);
+               oldbuf = runtime->buffer;
                runtime->buffer = newbuf;
                runtime->buffer_size = params->buffer_size;
                runtime->avail = runtime->buffer_size;
+               runtime->appl_ptr = runtime->hw_ptr = 0;
+               spin_unlock_irq(&runtime->lock);
+               kfree(oldbuf);
        }
        runtime->avail_min = params->avail_min;
        substream->active_sensing = !params->no_active_sensing;
 int snd_rawmidi_input_params(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
                             struct snd_rawmidi_params * params)
 {
-       char *newbuf;
+       char *newbuf, *oldbuf;
        struct snd_rawmidi_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 
        snd_rawmidi_drain_input(substream);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        if (params->buffer_size != runtime->buffer_size) {
-               newbuf = krealloc(runtime->buffer, params->buffer_size,
-                                 GFP_KERNEL);
+               newbuf = kmalloc(params->buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!newbuf)
                        return -ENOMEM;
+               spin_lock_irq(&runtime->lock);
+               oldbuf = runtime->buffer;
                runtime->buffer = newbuf;
                runtime->buffer_size = params->buffer_size;
+               runtime->appl_ptr = runtime->hw_ptr = 0;
+               spin_unlock_irq(&runtime->lock);
+               kfree(oldbuf);
        }
        runtime->avail_min = params->avail_min;
        return 0;