diff --git a/src/stream_interface.c b/src/stream_interface.c
index 75e60ff60..d30806609 100644
--- a/src/stream_interface.c
+++ b/src/stream_interface.c
@@ -618,8 +618,7 @@ static int si_cs_process(struct conn_stream *cs)
 	 * stream-int status.
 	 */
 	stream_int_notify(si);
-	channel_release_buffer(ic, &(si_strm(si)->buffer_wait));
-
+	stream_release_buffers(si_strm(si));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -788,6 +787,7 @@ struct task *si_cs_io_cb(struct task *t, void *ctx, unsigned short state)
 	if (ret != 0)
 		si_cs_process(cs);
 
+	stream_release_buffers(si_strm(si));
 	return (NULL);
 }
 
@@ -1572,6 +1572,7 @@ void si_applet_wake_cb(struct stream_interface *si)
 
 	/* update the stream-int, channels, and possibly wake the stream up */
 	stream_int_notify(si);
+	stream_release_buffers(si_strm(si));
 
 	/* stream_int_notify may have passed through chk_snd and released some
 	 * RXBLK flags. Process_stream will consider those flags to wake up the