1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 326e967d54ef..26564094e33b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ static const struct file_operations iio_event_chrdev_fileops = {
 
 static int iio_event_getfd(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 {
+        int fd;
+
         if (indio_dev->event_interface == NULL)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -252,9 +254,15 @@ static int iio_event_getfd(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
                 return -EBUSY;
         }
         mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->event_interface->event_list_lock);
-        return anon_inode_getfd("iio:event",
+        fd = anon_inode_getfd("iio:event",
                                 &iio_event_chrdev_fileops,
                                 indio_dev->event_interface, O_RDONLY);
+        if (fd < 0) {
+                mutex_lock(&indio_dev->event_interface->event_list_lock);
+                clear_bit(IIO_BUSY_BIT_POS, &ev_int->flags);
+                mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->event_interface->event_list_lock);
+        }
+        return fd;
 }
 
 static int __init iio_init(void)