unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&slave_active_lock, flags);
+       if (timeri->flags & SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_RUNNING) {
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slave_active_lock, flags);
+               return -EBUSY;
+       }
        timeri->flags |= SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_RUNNING;
        if (timeri->master && timeri->timer) {
                spin_lock(&timeri->timer->lock);
                return -EINVAL;
        if (timeri->flags & SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_SLAVE) {
                result = snd_timer_start_slave(timeri);
-               snd_timer_notify1(timeri, SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_START);
+               if (result >= 0)
+                       snd_timer_notify1(timeri, SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_START);
                return result;
        }
        timer = timeri->timer;
        if (timer->card && timer->card->shutdown)
                return -ENODEV;
        spin_lock_irqsave(&timer->lock, flags);
+       if (timeri->flags & (SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_RUNNING |
+                            SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_START)) {
+               result = -EBUSY;
+               goto unlock;
+       }
        timeri->ticks = timeri->cticks = ticks;
        timeri->pticks = 0;
        result = snd_timer_start1(timer, timeri, ticks);
+ unlock:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timer->lock, flags);
-       snd_timer_notify1(timeri, SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_START);
+       if (result >= 0)
+               snd_timer_notify1(timeri, SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_START);
        return result;
 }
 
 
        if (timeri->flags & SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_SLAVE) {
                spin_lock_irqsave(&slave_active_lock, flags);
+               if (!(timeri->flags & SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_RUNNING)) {
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slave_active_lock, flags);
+                       return -EBUSY;
+               }
                timeri->flags &= ~SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_RUNNING;
                list_del_init(&timeri->ack_list);
                list_del_init(&timeri->active_list);
        if (!timer)
                return -EINVAL;
        spin_lock_irqsave(&timer->lock, flags);
+       if (!(timeri->flags & (SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_RUNNING |
+                              SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_START))) {
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timer->lock, flags);
+               return -EBUSY;
+       }
        list_del_init(&timeri->ack_list);
        list_del_init(&timeri->active_list);
        if (timer->card && timer->card->shutdown) {
        if (timer->card && timer->card->shutdown)
                return -ENODEV;
        spin_lock_irqsave(&timer->lock, flags);
+       if (timeri->flags & SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_RUNNING) {
+               result = -EBUSY;
+               goto unlock;
+       }
        if (!timeri->cticks)
                timeri->cticks = 1;
        timeri->pticks = 0;
        result = snd_timer_start1(timer, timeri, timer->sticks);
+ unlock:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timer->lock, flags);
        snd_timer_notify1(timeri, SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_CONTINUE);
        return result;