diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_lock.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_lock.c
index 3b693e924db745c0ec8be74171bb189f17dfc53d..12ba83367b1bc882f6d6fbab9329185d58125090 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_lock.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_lock.c
@@ -28,19 +28,16 @@
 /* wait until all locks are released */
 void snd_use_lock_sync_helper(snd_use_lock_t *lockp, const char *file, int line)
 {
-	int max_count = 5 * HZ;
+	int warn_count = 5 * HZ;
 
 	if (atomic_read(lockp) < 0) {
 		pr_warn("ALSA: seq_lock: lock trouble [counter = %d] in %s:%d\n", atomic_read(lockp), file, line);
 		return;
 	}
 	while (atomic_read(lockp) > 0) {
-		if (max_count == 0) {
-			pr_warn("ALSA: seq_lock: timeout [%d left] in %s:%d\n", atomic_read(lockp), file, line);
-			break;
-		}
+		if (warn_count-- == 0)
+			pr_warn("ALSA: seq_lock: waiting [%d left] in %s:%d\n", atomic_read(lockp), file, line);
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
-		max_count--;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/firewire/lib.h b/sound/firewire/lib.h
index f6769312ebfccbe473ac291e81b386b48b45488f..c3768cd494a5f3fe3bb9059bd8e588c73b806c86 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/lib.h
+++ b/sound/firewire/lib.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct snd_fw_async_midi_port {
 
 	struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream;
 	snd_fw_async_midi_port_fill fill;
-	unsigned int consume_bytes;
+	int consume_bytes;
 };
 
 int snd_fw_async_midi_port_init(struct snd_fw_async_midi_port *port,