diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-utils.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-utils.c
index 426187f75..ba7d6e832 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-utils.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-utils.c
@@ -317,8 +317,6 @@ static inline void try_pull(struct state *state, snd_pcm_uframes_t frames, bool
 
 	if (spa_list_is_empty(&state->ready) && do_pull) {
 		spa_log_trace(state->log, "alsa-util %p: %d", state, io->status);
-		if (io->status != SPA_RESULT_OK)
-			return;
 		io->status = SPA_RESULT_NEED_BUFFER;
 		io->range.offset = state->sample_count * state->frame_size;
 		io->range.min_size = state->threshold * state->frame_size;
diff --git a/src/pipewire/port.c b/src/pipewire/port.c
index c7217aee0..a3b3409bf 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/port.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/port.c
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ static int schedule_tee_reuse_buffer(struct spa_node *data, uint32_t port_id, ui
 	struct pw_port *this = &impl->this;
 	struct spa_graph_port *p = &this->rt.mix_port, *pp;
 
-	if ((pp = p->peer) != NULL)
+	if ((pp = p->peer) != NULL) {
+		pw_log_trace("tee reuse buffer %d %d", port_id, buffer_id);
 		spa_node_port_reuse_buffer(pp->node->implementation, port_id, buffer_id);
-
+	}
 	return SPA_RESULT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -135,10 +136,12 @@ static int schedule_mix_reuse_buffer(struct spa_node *data, uint32_t port_id, ui
 	struct spa_graph_node *node = &this->rt.mix_node;
 	struct spa_graph_port *p, *pp;
 
-	spa_list_for_each(p, &node->ports[SPA_DIRECTION_INPUT], link)
-		if ((pp = p->peer) != NULL)
+	spa_list_for_each(p, &node->ports[SPA_DIRECTION_INPUT], link) {
+		if ((pp = p->peer) != NULL) {
+			pw_log_trace("mix reuse buffer %d %d", port_id, buffer_id);
 			spa_node_port_reuse_buffer(pp->node->implementation, port_id, buffer_id);
-
+		}
+	}
 	return SPA_RESULT_OK;
 }