err = -EINVAL;
                goto failure;
        }
-       choose_rate(substream, sparams, runtime->oss.rate);
-       snd_pcm_hw_param_near(substream, sparams, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS, runtime->oss.channels, NULL);
+
+       err = choose_rate(substream, sparams, runtime->oss.rate);
+       if (err < 0)
+               goto failure;
+       err = snd_pcm_hw_param_near(substream, sparams,
+                                   SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS,
+                                   runtime->oss.channels, NULL);
+       if (err < 0)
+               goto failure;
 
        format = snd_pcm_oss_format_from(runtime->oss.format);