--- 6a47672f930aedfe67163ce56a0e5a726470e734
+++ 7c3ce5f379f2ba5b5023170748119a6b0033e763
@@ -309,8 +309,10 @@ snd_emu10k1_alloc_pages(struct snd_emu10
 	if (snd_BUG_ON(!hdr))
 		return NULL;
 
+	idx = runtime->period_size >= runtime->buffer_size ?
+					(emu->delay_pcm_irq * 2) : 0;
 	mutex_lock(&hdr->block_mutex);
-	blk = search_empty(emu, runtime->dma_bytes);
+	blk = search_empty(emu, runtime->dma_bytes + idx);
 	if (blk == NULL) {
 		mutex_unlock(&hdr->block_mutex);
 		return NULL;