diff --git a/codec/codecutil/lex.go b/codec/codecutil/lex.go
index 61e71d4a..49d7344f 100644
--- a/codec/codecutil/lex.go
+++ b/codec/codecutil/lex.go
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ func (l *ByteLexer) Lex(dst io.Writer, src io.Reader, d time.Duration) error {
 	for {
 		<-ticker.C
 		off, err := src.Read(buf)
-		if err != nil {
+		// The only error that will stop the lexer is an EOF.
+		if err == io.EOF {
 			return err
+		} else if err != nil {
+			continue
 		}
 		_, err = dst.Write(buf[:off])
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/device/alsa/alsa.go b/device/alsa/alsa.go
index 73a56a83..bb1f1125 100644
--- a/device/alsa/alsa.go
+++ b/device/alsa/alsa.go
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ func (d *ALSA) input() {
 				d.dev.Close()
 				d.dev = nil
 			}
+			err := d.buf.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				d.l.Log(logger.Error, "unable to close pool buffer", "error", err)
+			}
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -417,15 +421,15 @@ func (d *ALSA) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	_, err := d.buf.Next(rbNextTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch err {
-		case nil, io.EOF:
-			d.l.Log(logger.Debug, pkg+"EOF")
-			return 0, nil
+		case io.EOF:
+			d.l.Log(logger.Debug, pkg+"EOF from Next")
+			return 0, err
 		case pool.ErrTimeout:
 			d.l.Log(logger.Debug, pkg+"pool buffer timeout")
-			return 0, nil
+			return 0, err
 		default:
 			d.l.Log(logger.Error, pkg+"unexpected error from Next", "error", err.Error())
-			return 0, nil
+			return 0, err
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -434,12 +438,12 @@ func (d *ALSA) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	n, err := d.buf.Read(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch err {
-		case nil, io.EOF:
-			d.l.Log(logger.Debug, pkg+"EOF from Read, stopping")
+		case io.EOF:
+			d.l.Log(logger.Debug, pkg+"EOF from Read")
 			return n, err
 		default:
 			d.l.Log(logger.Error, pkg+"unexpected error from Read", "error", err.Error())
-			return n, nil
+			return n, err
 		}
 	}
 	d.l.Log(logger.Debug, fmt.Sprintf("%v read %v bytes", pkg, n))