unsigned int residue;
        unsigned int nsamples;
        unsigned int leftover;
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        /*
         * residue is the number of bytes left to be done on the dma
        dma->size = comedi_samples_to_bytes(s, leftover);
 
        comedi_buf_write_samples(s, dma->virt_addr, nsamples);
-
-       /* set address and count for next transfer */
-       flags = claim_dma_lock();
-       set_dma_mode(dma->chan, DMA_MODE_READ);
-       set_dma_addr(dma->chan, dma->hw_addr);
-       set_dma_count(dma->chan, dma->size);
-       release_dma_lock(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(labpc_drain_dma);
 
 {
        struct labpc_private *devpriv = dev->private;
        struct labpc_dma_desc *dma = &devpriv->dma_desc;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        labpc_drain_dma(dev);
 
-       enable_dma(dma->chan);
+       if (dma->size) {
+               flags = claim_dma_lock();
+               set_dma_mode(dma->chan, DMA_MODE_READ);
+               set_dma_addr(dma->chan, dma->hw_addr);
+               set_dma_count(dma->chan, dma->size);
+               enable_dma(dma->chan);
+               release_dma_lock(flags);
+       }
 
        /* clear dma tc interrupt */
        devpriv->write_byte(dev, 0x1, DMATC_CLEAR_REG);