diff --git a/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c b/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
index c97928e7e56b5f281961a06ee78f205ba081ebde..31449b7c51c61edeb26c26400dc1c0f076298e0d 100644
--- a/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
+++ b/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /*
  *  ALSA driver for Echoaudio soundcards.
  *  Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Giuliano Pochini <pochini@shiny.it>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020 Mark Hills <mark@xwax.org>
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ static int init_engine(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	/* This stuff is used by the irq handler, so it must be
 	 * initialized before chip->substream
 	 */
-	chip->last_period[pipe_index] = 0;
+	pipe->last_period = 0;
 	pipe->last_counter = 0;
 	pipe->position = 0;
 	smp_wmb();
@@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ static int pcm_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd)
 				pipe = chip->substream[i]->runtime->private_data;
 				switch (pipe->state) {
 				case PIPE_STATE_STOPPED:
-					chip->last_period[i] = 0;
+					pipe->last_period = 0;
 					pipe->last_counter = 0;
 					pipe->position = 0;
 					*pipe->dma_counter = 0;
@@ -807,19 +808,26 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct audiopipe *pipe = runtime->private_data;
-	size_t cnt, bufsize, pos;
+	u32 counter, step;
 
-	cnt = le32_to_cpu(*pipe->dma_counter);
-	pipe->position += cnt - pipe->last_counter;
-	pipe->last_counter = cnt;
-	bufsize = substream->runtime->buffer_size;
-	pos = bytes_to_frames(substream->runtime, pipe->position);
+	/*
+	 * IRQ handling runs concurrently. Do not share tracking of
+	 * counter with it, which would race or require locking
+	 */
 
-	while (pos >= bufsize) {
-		pipe->position -= frames_to_bytes(substream->runtime, bufsize);
-		pos -= bufsize;
-	}
-	return pos;
+	counter = le32_to_cpu(*pipe->dma_counter);  /* presumed atomic */
+
+	step = counter - pipe->last_counter;  /* handles wrapping */
+	pipe->last_counter = counter;
+
+	/* counter doesn't neccessarily wrap on a multiple of
+	 * buffer_size, so can't derive the position; must
+	 * accumulate */
+
+	pipe->position += step;
+	pipe->position %= frames_to_bytes(runtime, runtime->buffer_size); /* wrap */
+
+	return bytes_to_frames(runtime, pipe->position);
 }
 
 
@@ -1782,14 +1790,43 @@ static const struct snd_kcontrol_new snd_echo_channels_info = {
 
 
 /******************************************************************************
-	IRQ Handler
+	IRQ Handling
 ******************************************************************************/
+/* Check if a period has elapsed since last interrupt
+ *
+ * Don't make any updates to state; PCM core handles this with the
+ * correct locks.
+ *
+ * \return true if a period has elapsed, otherwise false
+ */
+static bool period_has_elapsed(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
+	struct audiopipe *pipe = runtime->private_data;
+	u32 counter, step;
+	size_t period_bytes;
+
+	if (pipe->state != PIPE_STATE_STARTED)
+		return false;
+
+	period_bytes = frames_to_bytes(runtime, runtime->period_size);
+
+	counter = le32_to_cpu(*pipe->dma_counter);  /* presumed atomic */
+
+	step = counter - pipe->last_period;  /* handles wrapping */
+	step -= step % period_bytes;  /* acknowledge whole periods only */
+
+	if (step == 0)
+		return false;  /* haven't advanced a whole period yet */
+
+	pipe->last_period += step;  /* used exclusively by us */
+	return true;
+}
 
 static irqreturn_t snd_echo_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct echoaudio *chip = dev_id;
-	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream;
-	int period, ss, st;
+	int ss, st;
 
 	spin_lock(&chip->lock);
 	st = service_irq(chip);
@@ -1800,17 +1837,13 @@ static irqreturn_t snd_echo_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	/* The hardware doesn't tell us which substream caused the irq,
 	thus we have to check all running substreams. */
 	for (ss = 0; ss < DSP_MAXPIPES; ss++) {
+		struct snd_pcm_substream *substream;
+
 		substream = chip->substream[ss];
-		if (substream && ((struct audiopipe *)substream->runtime->
-				private_data)->state == PIPE_STATE_STARTED) {
-			period = pcm_pointer(substream) /
-				substream->runtime->period_size;
-			if (period != chip->last_period[ss]) {
-				chip->last_period[ss] = period;
-				spin_unlock(&chip->lock);
-				snd_pcm_period_elapsed(substream);
-				spin_lock(&chip->lock);
-			}
+		if (substream && period_has_elapsed(substream)) {
+			spin_unlock(&chip->lock);
+			snd_pcm_period_elapsed(substream);
+			spin_lock(&chip->lock);
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&chip->lock);
diff --git a/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.h b/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.h
index 6fd283e4e6766bf39e0951f011a7cb6920de10b5..30c640931f1e3676bfad44b340c0023e9fd13dca 100644
--- a/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.h
+++ b/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.h
@@ -298,7 +298,12 @@ struct audiopipe {
 					 * the current dma position
 					 * (lower 32 bits only)
 					 */
-	u32 last_counter;		/* The last position, which is used
+	u32 last_period;                /* Counter position last time a
+					 * period elapsed
+					 */
+	u32 last_counter;		/* Used exclusively by pcm_pointer
+					 * under PCM core locks.
+					 * The last position, which is used
 					 * to compute...
 					 */
 	u32 position;			/* ...the number of bytes tranferred
@@ -332,7 +337,6 @@ struct audioformat {
 struct echoaudio {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream[DSP_MAXPIPES];
-	int last_period[DSP_MAXPIPES];
 	struct mutex mode_mutex;
 	u16 num_digital_modes, digital_mode_list[6];
 	u16 num_clock_sources, clock_source_list[10];