diff --git a/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c b/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c
index 5e93b57a0645..0bb0ee2e691f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static ssize_t goldfish_audio_read(struct file *fp, char __user *buf,
 				   size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct goldfish_audio *data = fp->private_data;
+	unsigned long irq_flags;
 	int length;
 	int result = 0;
 
@@ -130,6 +131,10 @@ static ssize_t goldfish_audio_read(struct file *fp, char __user *buf,
 		wait_event_interruptible(data->wait, data->buffer_status &
 					 AUDIO_INT_READ_BUFFER_FULL);
 
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, irq_flags);
+		data->buffer_status &= ~AUDIO_INT_READ_BUFFER_FULL;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&data->lock, irq_flags);
+
 		length = AUDIO_READ(data, AUDIO_READ_BUFFER_AVAILABLE);
 
 		/* copy data to user space */