diff -uNr alsa-utils-1.0.25.ORIG/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules alsa-utils-1.0.25/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules
--- alsa-utils-1.0.25.ORIG/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules	2012-02-03 12:14:50.139393938 +0000
+++ alsa-utils-1.0.25/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules	2012-02-03 12:16:02.660395020 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="sound", KERNEL=="controlC*", KERNELS=="card*", \
+        ENV{STARTUP}!="1", \
         RUN+="/usr/sbin/alsactl restore $attr{number}"