diff --git a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart_core.c b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart_core.c
index 853083dd4bad..a047ed0f84e9 100644
--- a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart_core.c
+++ b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart_core.c
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ irqreturn_t snd_mixart_threaded_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 				notify = (struct mixart_timer_notify *)mixart_msg_data;
 
 				BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(notify) > sizeof(mixart_msg_data));
+				if (snd_BUG_ON(notify->stream_count > ARRAY_SIZE(notify->streams)))
+					break;
 				for(i=0; i<notify->stream_count; i++) {
 
 					u32 buffer_id = notify->streams[i].buffer_id;