diff --git a/sound/core/timer_compat.c b/sound/core/timer_compat.c
index 6a437eb..59127b6 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer_compat.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer_compat.c
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_X32 */
 };
 
-static long snd_timer_user_ioctl_compat(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long __snd_timer_user_ioctl_compat(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+					  unsigned long arg)
 {
 	void __user *argp = compat_ptr(arg);
 
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PAUSE:
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PAUSE_OLD:
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE:
-		return snd_timer_user_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long)argp);
+		return __snd_timer_user_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long)argp);
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_GPARAMS32:
 		return snd_timer_user_gparams_compat(file, argp);
 	case SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_INFO32:
@@ -167,3 +168,15 @@
 	}
 	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }
+
+static long snd_timer_user_ioctl_compat(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+					unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct snd_timer_user *tu = file->private_data;
+	long ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&tu->ioctl_lock);
+	ret = __snd_timer_user_ioctl_compat(file, cmd, arg);
+	mutex_unlock(&tu->ioctl_lock);
+	return ret;
+}