diff --git a/sound/core/memalloc.c b/sound/core/memalloc.c
index 278248b8f22a..9d93f02c6285 100644
--- a/sound/core/memalloc.c
+++ b/sound/core/memalloc.c
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ static void snd_malloc_dev_iram(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, size_t size)
 	struct device *dev = dmab->dev.dev;
 	struct gen_pool *pool = NULL;
 
+	dmab->area = NULL;
+	dmab->addr = 0;
+
 	if (dev->of_node)
 		pool = of_get_named_gen_pool(dev->of_node, "iram", 0);