diff --git a/sound/firewire/dice/dice-pcm.c b/sound/firewire/dice/dice-pcm.c
index 2e531bd30e28..b185391dc021 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/dice/dice-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/dice/dice-pcm.c
@@ -169,65 +169,11 @@ static int playback_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 			      struct snd_pcm_hw_params *hw_params)
 {
 	struct snd_dice *dice = substream->private_data;
-	unsigned int mode, rate, channels, i;
-	int err;
-
-	mutex_lock(&dice->mutex);
-	snd_dice_stream_stop(dice);
-	mutex_unlock(&dice->mutex);
-
-	err = snd_pcm_lib_alloc_vmalloc_buffer(substream,
-					       params_buffer_bytes(hw_params));
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-
-	rate = params_rate(hw_params);
-	err = snd_dice_transaction_set_rate(dice, rate);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-
-	if (snd_dice_stream_get_rate_mode(dice, rate, &mode) < 0)
-		return err;
-
-	/*
-	 * At 176.4/192.0 kHz, Dice has a quirk to transfer two PCM frames in
-	 * one data block of AMDTP packet. Thus sampling transfer frequency is
-	 * a half of PCM sampling frequency, i.e. PCM frames at 192.0 kHz are
-	 * transferred on AMDTP packets at 96 kHz. Two successive samples of a
-	 * channel are stored consecutively in the packet. This quirk is called
-	 * as 'Dual Wire'.
-	 * For this quirk, blocking mode is required and PCM buffer size should
-	 * be aligned to SYT_INTERVAL.
-	 */
-	channels = params_channels(hw_params);
-	if (mode > 1) {
-		if (channels > AMDTP_MAX_CHANNELS_FOR_PCM / 2) {
-			err = -ENOSYS;
-			return err;
-		}
-
-		rate /= 2;
-		channels *= 2;
-		dice->rx_stream.double_pcm_frames = true;
-	} else {
-		dice->rx_stream.double_pcm_frames = false;
-	}
-
-	amdtp_stream_set_parameters(&dice->rx_stream, rate, channels,
-				    dice->rx_midi_ports[mode]);
-	if (mode > 1) {
-		channels /= 2;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < channels; i++) {
-			dice->rx_stream.pcm_positions[i] = i * 2;
-			dice->rx_stream.pcm_positions[i + channels] = i * 2 + 1;
-		}
-	}
-
 	amdtp_stream_set_pcm_format(&dice->rx_stream,
 				    params_format(hw_params));
 
-	return 0;
+	return snd_pcm_lib_alloc_vmalloc_buffer(substream,
+						params_buffer_bytes(hw_params));
 }
 
 static int playback_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
@@ -247,21 +193,12 @@ static int playback_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	int err;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dice->mutex);
-
-	if (amdtp_streaming_error(&dice->rx_stream))
-		snd_dice_stream_stop_packets(dice);
-
-	err = snd_dice_stream_start(dice);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		mutex_unlock(&dice->mutex);
-		return err;
-	}
-
+	err = snd_dice_stream_start(dice, substream->runtime->rate);
 	mutex_unlock(&dice->mutex);
+	if (err >= 0)
+		amdtp_stream_pcm_prepare(&dice->rx_stream);
 
-	amdtp_stream_pcm_prepare(&dice->rx_stream);
-
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int playback_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd)
diff --git a/sound/firewire/dice/dice-stream.c b/sound/firewire/dice/dice-stream.c
index 4c4c4fff6272..b9d7a4846459 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/dice/dice-stream.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/dice/dice-stream.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #include "dice.h"
 
+#define	CALLBACK_TIMEOUT	200
+
 const unsigned int snd_dice_rates[SND_DICE_RATES_COUNT] = {
 	/* mode 0 */
 	[0] =  32000,
@@ -39,83 +41,162 @@ int snd_dice_stream_get_rate_mode(struct snd_dice *dice, unsigned int rate,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-int snd_dice_stream_start_packets(struct snd_dice *dice)
+static void release_resources(struct snd_dice *dice)
 {
-	int err;
+	unsigned int channel;
 
-	if (amdtp_stream_running(&dice->rx_stream))
-		return 0;
-
-	err = amdtp_stream_start(&dice->rx_stream, dice->rx_resources.channel,
-				 fw_parent_device(dice->unit)->max_speed);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-
-	err = snd_dice_transaction_set_enable(dice);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		amdtp_stream_stop(&dice->rx_stream);
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int snd_dice_stream_start(struct snd_dice *dice)
-{
-	__be32 channel;
-	int err;
-
-	if (!dice->rx_resources.allocated) {
-		err = fw_iso_resources_allocate(&dice->rx_resources,
-				amdtp_stream_get_max_payload(&dice->rx_stream),
-				fw_parent_device(dice->unit)->max_speed);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto error;
-
-		channel = cpu_to_be32(dice->rx_resources.channel);
-		err = snd_dice_transaction_write_tx(dice, RX_ISOCHRONOUS,
-						    &channel, 4);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto err_resources;
-	}
-
-	err = snd_dice_stream_start_packets(dice);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto err_rx_channel;
-
-	return 0;
-
-err_rx_channel:
+	/* Reset channel number */
 	channel = cpu_to_be32((u32)-1);
 	snd_dice_transaction_write_rx(dice, RX_ISOCHRONOUS, &channel, 4);
-err_resources:
+
 	fw_iso_resources_free(&dice->rx_resources);
-error:
+}
+
+static int keep_resources(struct snd_dice *dice, unsigned int max_payload_bytes)
+{
+	unsigned int channel;
+	int err;
+
+	err = fw_iso_resources_allocate(&dice->rx_resources, max_payload_bytes,
+				fw_parent_device(dice->unit)->max_speed);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto end;
+
+	/* Set channel number */
+	channel = cpu_to_be32(dice->rx_resources.channel);
+	err = snd_dice_transaction_write_rx(dice, RX_ISOCHRONOUS,
+					    &channel, 4);
+	if (err < 0)
+		release_resources(dice);
+end:
 	return err;
 }
 
-void snd_dice_stream_stop_packets(struct snd_dice *dice)
+static void stop_stream(struct snd_dice *dice)
 {
 	if (!amdtp_stream_running(&dice->rx_stream))
 		return;
 
-	snd_dice_transaction_clear_enable(dice);
+	amdtp_stream_pcm_abort(&dice->rx_stream);
 	amdtp_stream_stop(&dice->rx_stream);
+	release_resources(dice);
+}
+
+static int start_stream(struct snd_dice *dice, unsigned int rate)
+{
+	unsigned int i, mode, pcm_chs, midi_ports;
+	int err;
+
+	err = snd_dice_stream_get_rate_mode(dice, rate, &mode);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto end;
+
+	/*
+	 * At 176.4/192.0 kHz, Dice has a quirk to transfer two PCM frames in
+	 * one data block of AMDTP packet. Thus sampling transfer frequency is
+	 * a half of PCM sampling frequency, i.e. PCM frames at 192.0 kHz are
+	 * transferred on AMDTP packets at 96 kHz. Two successive samples of a
+	 * channel are stored consecutively in the packet. This quirk is called
+	 * as 'Dual Wire'.
+	 * For this quirk, blocking mode is required and PCM buffer size should
+	 * be aligned to SYT_INTERVAL.
+	 */
+	pcm_chs = dice->rx_channels[mode];
+	midi_ports = dice->rx_midi_ports[mode];
+	if (mode > 1) {
+		rate /= 2;
+		pcm_chs *= 2;
+		dice->rx_stream.double_pcm_frames = true;
+	} else {
+		dice->rx_stream.double_pcm_frames = false;
+	}
+
+	amdtp_stream_set_parameters(&dice->rx_stream, rate,
+				    pcm_chs, midi_ports);
+	if (mode > 1) {
+		pcm_chs /= 2;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < pcm_chs; i++) {
+			dice->rx_stream.pcm_positions[i] = i * 2;
+			dice->rx_stream.pcm_positions[i + pcm_chs] = i * 2 + 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = keep_resources(dice,
+			     amdtp_stream_get_max_payload(&dice->rx_stream));
+	if (err < 0) {
+		dev_err(&dice->unit->device,
+			"fail to keep isochronous resources\n");
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	err = amdtp_stream_start(&dice->rx_stream, dice->rx_resources.channel,
+				 fw_parent_device(dice->unit)->max_speed);
+	if (err < 0)
+		release_resources(dice);
+end:
+	return err;
+}
+
+int snd_dice_stream_start(struct snd_dice *dice, unsigned int rate)
+{
+	unsigned int curr_rate;
+	int err;
+
+	/* Some packet queueing errors. */
+	if (amdtp_streaming_error(&dice->rx_stream))
+		stop_stream(dice);
+
+	/* Stop stream if rate is different. */
+	err = snd_dice_transaction_get_rate(dice, &curr_rate);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		dev_err(&dice->unit->device,
+			"fail to get sampling rate\n");
+		goto end;
+	}
+	if (rate != curr_rate)
+		stop_stream(dice);
+
+	if (!amdtp_stream_running(&dice->rx_stream)) {
+		snd_dice_transaction_clear_enable(dice);
+
+		err = snd_dice_transaction_set_rate(dice, rate);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			dev_err(&dice->unit->device,
+				"fail to set sampling rate\n");
+			goto end;
+		}
+
+		/* Start stream. */
+		err = start_stream(dice, rate);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			dev_err(&dice->unit->device,
+				"fail to start AMDTP stream\n");
+			goto end;
+		}
+		err = snd_dice_transaction_set_enable(dice);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			dev_err(&dice->unit->device,
+				"fail to enable interface\n");
+			stop_stream(dice);
+			goto end;
+		}
+
+		if (!amdtp_stream_wait_callback(&dice->rx_stream,
+						CALLBACK_TIMEOUT)) {
+			snd_dice_transaction_clear_enable(dice);
+			stop_stream(dice);
+			err = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		}
+	}
+end:
+	return err;
 }
 
 void snd_dice_stream_stop(struct snd_dice *dice)
 {
-	__be32 channel;
-
-	snd_dice_stream_stop_packets(dice);
-
-	if (!dice->rx_resources.allocated)
-		return;
-
-	channel = cpu_to_be32((u32)-1);
-	snd_dice_transaction_write_rx(dice, RX_ISOCHRONOUS, &channel, 4);
-
-	fw_iso_resources_free(&dice->rx_resources);
+	snd_dice_transaction_clear_enable(dice);
+	stop_stream(dice);
 }
 
 int snd_dice_stream_init(struct snd_dice *dice)
@@ -145,8 +226,8 @@ error:
 
 void snd_dice_stream_destroy(struct snd_dice *dice)
 {
-	amdtp_stream_pcm_abort(&dice->rx_stream);
-	snd_dice_stream_stop(dice);
+	snd_dice_transaction_clear_enable(dice);
+	stop_stream(dice);
 	amdtp_stream_destroy(&dice->rx_stream);
 	fw_iso_resources_destroy(&dice->rx_resources);
 }
@@ -163,8 +244,8 @@ void snd_dice_stream_update(struct snd_dice *dice)
 	 */
 	dice->global_enabled = false;
 
-	amdtp_stream_pcm_abort(&dice->rx_stream);
-	snd_dice_stream_stop_packets(dice);
+	stop_stream(dice);
+
 	fw_iso_resources_update(&dice->rx_resources);
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/firewire/dice/dice.c b/sound/firewire/dice/dice.c
index 8e2c172de8a7..03a7988871b6 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/dice/dice.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/dice/dice.c
@@ -304,12 +304,8 @@ static void dice_remove(struct fw_unit *unit)
 
 	snd_card_disconnect(dice->card);
 
-	mutex_lock(&dice->mutex);
-
 	snd_dice_stream_destroy(dice);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&dice->mutex);
-
 	snd_card_free_when_closed(dice->card);
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/firewire/dice/dice.h b/sound/firewire/dice/dice.h
index 969189a6604f..8be530fe1c34 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/dice/dice.h
+++ b/sound/firewire/dice/dice.h
@@ -160,9 +160,7 @@ extern const unsigned int snd_dice_rates[SND_DICE_RATES_COUNT];
 int snd_dice_stream_get_rate_mode(struct snd_dice *dice,
 				  unsigned int rate, unsigned int *mode);
 
-int snd_dice_stream_start_packets(struct snd_dice *dice);
-int snd_dice_stream_start(struct snd_dice *dice);
-void snd_dice_stream_stop_packets(struct snd_dice *dice);
+int snd_dice_stream_start(struct snd_dice *dice, unsigned int rate);
 void snd_dice_stream_stop(struct snd_dice *dice);
 int snd_dice_stream_init(struct snd_dice *dice);
 void snd_dice_stream_destroy(struct snd_dice *dice);