media_entity_graph_walk_start(graph, entity_err);
 
        while ((entity_err = media_entity_graph_walk_next(graph))) {
-               entity_err->stream_count--;
-               if (entity_err->stream_count == 0)
-                       entity_err->pipe = NULL;
+               /* don't let the stream_count go negative */
+               if (entity->stream_count > 0) {
+                       entity_err->stream_count--;
+                       if (entity_err->stream_count == 0)
+                               entity_err->pipe = NULL;
+               }
 
                /*
                 * We haven't increased stream_count further than this
        media_entity_graph_walk_start(graph, entity);
 
        while ((entity = media_entity_graph_walk_next(graph))) {
-               entity->stream_count--;
-               if (entity->stream_count == 0)
-                       entity->pipe = NULL;
+               /* don't let the stream_count go negative */
+               if (entity->stream_count > 0) {
+                       entity->stream_count--;
+                       if (entity->stream_count == 0)
+                               entity->pipe = NULL;
+               }
        }
 
        if (!--pipe->streaming_count)