unsigned long addr, flags;
        int ret;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&common->irqlock, flags);
-
        /* Initialize field_id */
        ch->field_id = 0;
 
        vpif_config_addr(ch, ret);
 
        /* Get the next frame from the buffer queue */
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&common->irqlock, flags);
        common->cur_frm = common->next_frm = list_entry(common->dma_queue.next,
                                    struct vpif_cap_buffer, list);
        /* Remove buffer from the buffer queue */
        return 0;
 
 err:
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&common->irqlock, flags);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(buf, tmp, &common->dma_queue, list) {
                list_del(&buf->list);
                vb2_buffer_done(&buf->vb.vb2_buf, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
                vpif_dbg(1, debug, "stream off failed in subdev\n");
 
        /* release all active buffers */
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&common->irqlock, flags);
        if (common->cur_frm == common->next_frm) {
                vb2_buffer_done(&common->cur_frm->vb.vb2_buf,
                                VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
                                        VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
        }
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&common->irqlock, flags);
        while (!list_empty(&common->dma_queue)) {
                common->next_frm = list_entry(common->dma_queue.next,
                                                struct vpif_cap_buffer, list);
 
        struct vb2_queue buffer_queue;
        /* Queue of filled frames */
        struct list_head dma_queue;
-       /* Used in video-buf */
+       /* Protects the dma_queue field */
        spinlock_t irqlock;
        /* lock used to access this structure */
        struct mutex lock;