diff --git a/sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c b/sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c
index 54a1f90..1899cf0 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	hrtimer_init(&pcsp_chip.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
-	pcsp_chip.timer.cb_mode = HRTIMER_CB_IRQSAFE;
+	pcsp_chip.timer.cb_mode = HRTIMER_CB_SOFTIRQ;
 	pcsp_chip.timer.function = pcsp_do_timer;
 
 	card = snd_card_new(index, id, THIS_MODULE, 0);