diff --git a/sound/oss/midibuf.c b/sound/oss/midibuf.c
index 8cdb2cfe65c8..8f45cd999965 100644
--- a/sound/oss/midibuf.c
+++ b/sound/oss/midibuf.c
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ static void drain_midi_queue(int dev)
 	 */
 
 	if (midi_devs[dev]->buffer_status != NULL)
-		while (!signal_pending(current) && midi_devs[dev]->buffer_status(dev)) 
-			interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(&midi_sleeper[dev],
-						       HZ/10);
+		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(midi_sleeper[dev],
+				!midi_devs[dev]->buffer_status(dev), HZ/10);
 }
 
 static void midi_input_intr(int dev, unsigned char data)
@@ -233,8 +232,8 @@ void MIDIbuf_release(int dev, struct file *file)
 							   * devices
 							 */
 
-		while (!signal_pending(current) && DATA_AVAIL(midi_out_buf[dev]))
-			  interruptible_sleep_on(&midi_sleeper[dev]);
+		wait_event_interruptible(midi_sleeper[dev],
+					 !DATA_AVAIL(midi_out_buf[dev]));
 		/*
 		 *	Sync
 		 */
@@ -282,8 +281,8 @@ int MIDIbuf_write(int dev, struct file *file, const char __user *buf, int count)
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			interruptible_sleep_on(&midi_sleeper[dev]);
-			if (signal_pending(current)) 
+			if (wait_event_interruptible(midi_sleeper[dev],
+						SPACE_AVAIL(midi_out_buf[dev])))
 			{
 				c = -EINTR;
 				goto out;
@@ -325,8 +324,9 @@ int MIDIbuf_read(int dev, struct file *file, char __user *buf, int count)
  			c = -EAGAIN;
 			goto out;
  		}
-		interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(&input_sleeper[dev],
-					       parms[dev].prech_timeout);
+		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(input_sleeper[dev],
+						 DATA_AVAIL(midi_in_buf[dev]),
+						 parms[dev].prech_timeout);
 
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			c = -EINTR;	/* The user is getting restless */