diff --git a/sound/core/rawmidi.c b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
index 26ca022..795437b 100644
--- a/sound/core/rawmidi.c
+++ b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
@@ -942,31 +942,36 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 	long result = 0, count1;
 	struct snd_rawmidi_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
+	unsigned long appl_ptr;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&runtime->lock, flags);
 	while (count > 0 && runtime->avail) {
 		count1 = runtime->buffer_size - runtime->appl_ptr;
 		if (count1 > count)
 			count1 = count;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&runtime->lock, flags);
 		if (count1 > (int)runtime->avail)
 			count1 = runtime->avail;
+
+		/* update runtime->appl_ptr before unlocking for userbuf */
+		appl_ptr = runtime->appl_ptr;
+		runtime->appl_ptr += count1;
+		runtime->appl_ptr %= runtime->buffer_size;
+		runtime->avail -= count1;
+
 		if (kernelbuf)
-			memcpy(kernelbuf + result, runtime->buffer + runtime->appl_ptr, count1);
+			memcpy(kernelbuf + result, runtime->buffer + appl_ptr, count1);
 		if (userbuf) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&runtime->lock, flags);
 			if (copy_to_user(userbuf + result,
-					 runtime->buffer + runtime->appl_ptr, count1)) {
+					 runtime->buffer + appl_ptr, count1)) {
 				return result > 0 ? result : -EFAULT;
 			}
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&runtime->lock, flags);
 		}
-		runtime->appl_ptr += count1;
-		runtime->appl_ptr %= runtime->buffer_size;
-		runtime->avail -= count1;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&runtime->lock, flags);
 		result += count1;
 		count -= count1;
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&runtime->lock, flags);
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -1223,6 +1228,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 	long count1, result;
 	struct snd_rawmidi_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
+	unsigned long appl_ptr;
 
 	if (!kernelbuf && !userbuf)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1243,12 +1249,19 @@
 			count1 = count;
 		if (count1 > (long)runtime->avail)
 			count1 = runtime->avail;
+
+		/* update runtime->appl_ptr before unlocking for userbuf */
+		appl_ptr = runtime->appl_ptr;
+		runtime->appl_ptr += count1;
+		runtime->appl_ptr %= runtime->buffer_size;
+		runtime->avail -= count1;
+
 		if (kernelbuf)
-			memcpy(runtime->buffer + runtime->appl_ptr,
+			memcpy(runtime->buffer + appl_ptr,
 			       kernelbuf + result, count1);
 		else if (userbuf) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&runtime->lock, flags);
-			if (copy_from_user(runtime->buffer + runtime->appl_ptr,
+			if (copy_from_user(runtime->buffer + appl_ptr,
 					   userbuf + result, count1)) {
 				spin_lock_irqsave(&runtime->lock, flags);
 				result = result > 0 ? result : -EFAULT;
@@ -1256,9 +1269,6 @@
 			}
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&runtime->lock, flags);
 		}
-		runtime->appl_ptr += count1;
-		runtime->appl_ptr %= runtime->buffer_size;
-		runtime->avail -= count1;
 		result += count1;
 		count -= count1;
 	}