diff --git a/sound/usb/endpoint.c b/sound/usb/endpoint.c
index 0f647d22cb4a..c41181202688 100644
--- a/sound/usb/endpoint.c
+++ b/sound/usb/endpoint.c
@@ -821,10 +821,6 @@ int snd_usb_endpoint_start(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep)
 	if (++ep->use_count != 1)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* just to be sure */
-	deactivate_urbs(ep, 0, 1);
-	wait_clear_urbs(ep);
-
 	ep->active_mask = 0;
 	ep->unlink_mask = 0;
 	ep->phase = 0;
diff --git a/sound/usb/pcm.c b/sound/usb/pcm.c
index a1298f379428..62ec808ed792 100644
--- a/sound/usb/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/usb/pcm.c
@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@ static int snd_usb_pcm_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	subs->last_frame_number = 0;
 	runtime->delay = 0;
 
+	/* clear the pending deactivation on the target EPs */
+	deactivate_endpoints(subs);
+
 	/* for playback, submit the URBs now; otherwise, the first hwptr_done
 	 * updates for all URBs would happen at the same time when starting */
 	if (subs->direction == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)