mcbsp->free = 0;
        spin_unlock(&mcbsp->lock);
 
+       /*
+        * Make sure that transmitter, receiver and sample-rate generator are
+        * not running before activating IRQs.
+        */
+       OMAP_MCBSP_WRITE(mcbsp->io_base, SPCR1, 0);
+       OMAP_MCBSP_WRITE(mcbsp->io_base, SPCR2, 0);
+
        if (mcbsp->io_type == OMAP_MCBSP_IRQ_IO) {
                /* We need to get IRQs here */
+               init_completion(&mcbsp->tx_irq_completion);
                err = request_irq(mcbsp->tx_irq, omap_mcbsp_tx_irq_handler,
                                        0, "McBSP", (void *)mcbsp);
                if (err != 0) {
                        return err;
                }
 
-               init_completion(&mcbsp->tx_irq_completion);
-
+               init_completion(&mcbsp->rx_irq_completion);
                err = request_irq(mcbsp->rx_irq, omap_mcbsp_rx_irq_handler,
                                        0, "McBSP", (void *)mcbsp);
                if (err != 0) {
                        free_irq(mcbsp->tx_irq, (void *)mcbsp);
                        return err;
                }
-
-               init_completion(&mcbsp->rx_irq_completion);
        }
 
        return 0;