unsigned int res;
        
        end_time = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(250);
-       do {
+
+       for (;;) {
                res = snd_ali_5451_peek(codec,port);
                if (!(res & 0x8000))
                        return 0;
+               if (!time_after_eq(end_time, jiffies))
+                       break;
                schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
-       } while (time_after_eq(end_time, jiffies));
+       }
+
        snd_ali_5451_poke(codec, port, res & ~0x8000);
        snd_printdd("ali_codec_ready: codec is not ready.\n ");
        return -EIO;
        unsigned long dwChk1,dwChk2;
        
        dwChk1 = snd_ali_5451_peek(codec, ALI_STIMER);
-       dwChk2 = snd_ali_5451_peek(codec, ALI_STIMER);
-
        end_time = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(250);
-       do {
+
+       for (;;) {
                dwChk2 = snd_ali_5451_peek(codec, ALI_STIMER);
                if (dwChk2 != dwChk1)
                        return 0;
+               if (!time_after_eq(end_time, jiffies))
+                       break;
                schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
-       } while (time_after_eq(end_time, jiffies));
+       }
+
        snd_printk(KERN_ERR "ali_stimer_read: stimer is not ready.\n");
        return -EIO;
 }