diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
index ece177d..4878f30 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@
 
 		if (report & SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT_DONE_RA3) {
 			handled = 1;
-			saa_writel(SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT,report);
+			saa_writel(SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT,
+				   SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT_DONE_RA3);
 			saa7134_irq_alsa_done(dev, status);
 		} else {
 			goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c
index a499eea..4fd187a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c
@@ -569,21 +569,22 @@
 	for (loop = 0; loop < 10; loop++) {
 		report = saa_readl(SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT);
 		status = saa_readl(SAA7134_IRQ_STATUS);
-		if (0 == report) {
-			if (irq_debug > 1)
-				printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/irq: no (more) work\n",
-				       dev->name);
-			goto out;
-		}
 
-		/* If dmasound support is active and we get a sound report, exit
-		   and let the saa7134-alsa/oss module deal with it */
-
+		/* If dmasound support is active and we get a sound report,
+		 * mask out the report and let the saa7134-alsa module deal
+		 * with it */
 		if ((report & SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT_DONE_RA3) &&
 			(dev->dmasound.priv_data != NULL) )
 		{
 			if (irq_debug > 1)
-				printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/irq: ignoring interrupt for DMA sound\n",
+				printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/irq: preserving DMA sound interrupt\n",
+				       dev->name);
+			report &= ~SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT_DONE_RA3;
+		}
+
+		if (0 == report) {
+			if (irq_debug > 1)
+				printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/irq: no (more) work\n",
 				       dev->name);
 			goto out;
 		}