diff --git a/extras/ws2812_i2s/ws2812_i2s.c b/extras/ws2812_i2s/ws2812_i2s.c
index 62dc496..c0ac747 100644
--- a/extras/ws2812_i2s/ws2812_i2s.c
+++ b/extras/ws2812_i2s/ws2812_i2s.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "ws2812_i2s.h"
 #include "i2s_dma/i2s_dma.h"
 
+#include <espressif/esp_common.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 
@@ -156,10 +157,25 @@ const IRAM_DATA int16_t bitpatterns[16] =
     0b1110111010001000, 0b1110111010001110, 0b1110111011101000, 0b1110111011101110,
 };
 
-void ws2812_i2s_update(ws2812_pixel_t *pixels, pixeltype_t type)
+#define WAIT_SAMPLE (280UL + 3UL * dma_buffer_size)
+
+int ws2812_i2s_update(ws2812_pixel_t *pixels, pixeltype_t type)
 {
     while (i2s_dma_processing) {};
 
+    if (i2s_dma_processing)
+    {
+     return -1; //Busy
+    }
+    //TODO: Found a better way to prevent this.  i2s_dma_processing work like intended ??
+    //This is to set minimum time between two i2s_update when executed following
+    static uint32_t time = 0;
+    if (sdk_system_get_time() < (time + WAIT_SAMPLE))
+    {
+        return -1; //Busy
+    }
+    time = sdk_system_get_time();
+
     uint16_t *p_dma_buf = dma_buffer;
 
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < (dma_buffer_size / type); i++) {
@@ -184,4 +200,5 @@ void ws2812_i2s_update(ws2812_pixel_t *pixels, pixeltype_t type)
 
     i2s_dma_processing = true;
     i2s_dma_start(dma_block_list);
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/extras/ws2812_i2s/ws2812_i2s.h b/extras/ws2812_i2s/ws2812_i2s.h
index ffb2701..18a5a7f 100644
--- a/extras/ws2812_i2s/ws2812_i2s.h
+++ b/extras/ws2812_i2s/ws2812_i2s.h
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ void ws2812_i2s_init(uint32_t pixels_number, pixeltype_t type);
  *
  * @param pixels Array of 'pixels_number' pixels. The array must contain all
  * the pixels.
+ * @return Non-zero if busy
  */
-void ws2812_i2s_update(ws2812_pixel_t *pixels, pixeltype_t type);
+int ws2812_i2s_update(ws2812_pixel_t *pixels, pixeltype_t type);
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 }