diff --git a/sound/pci/lola/lola_pcm.c b/sound/pci/lola/lola_pcm.c
index 738ec987000a..32193fae978d 100644
--- a/sound/pci/lola/lola_pcm.c
+++ b/sound/pci/lola/lola_pcm.c
@@ -561,8 +561,9 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t lola_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 void lola_pcm_update(struct lola *chip, struct lola_pcm *pcm, unsigned int bits)
 {
 	int i;
+	u8 num_streams = min_t(u8, pcm->num_streams, ARRAY_SIZE(pcm->streams));
 
-	for (i = 0; bits && i < pcm->num_streams; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; bits && i < num_streams; i++) {
 		if (bits & (1 << i)) {
 			struct lola_stream *str = &pcm->streams[i];
 			if (str->substream && str->running)