diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
index 1b89c77bad6673d03600f2961f4c8fc96667b5dc..0615996572e41a618626795d36822ee466d324d2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static ssize_t hdpvr_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 	/* wait for the first buffer */
 	if (!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
 		if (wait_event_interruptible(dev->wait_data,
-					     hdpvr_get_next_buffer(dev)))
+					     !list_empty_careful(&dev->rec_buff_list)))
 			return -ERESTARTSYS;
 	}
 
@@ -465,10 +465,17 @@ static ssize_t hdpvr_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 				goto err;
 			}
 			if (!err) {
-				v4l2_dbg(MSG_INFO, hdpvr_debug, &dev->v4l2_dev,
-					"timeout: restart streaming\n");
+				v4l2_info(&dev->v4l2_dev,
+					  "timeout: restart streaming\n");
+				mutex_lock(&dev->io_mutex);
 				hdpvr_stop_streaming(dev);
-				msecs_to_jiffies(4000);
+				mutex_unlock(&dev->io_mutex);
+				/*
+				 * The FW needs about 4 seconds after streaming
+				 * stopped before it is ready to restart
+				 * streaming.
+				 */
+				msleep(4000);
 				err = hdpvr_start_streaming(dev);
 				if (err) {
 					ret = err;
@@ -1133,9 +1140,7 @@ static void hdpvr_device_release(struct video_device *vdev)
 	struct hdpvr_device *dev = video_get_drvdata(vdev);
 
 	hdpvr_delete(dev);
-	mutex_lock(&dev->io_mutex);
 	flush_work(&dev->worker);
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->io_mutex);
 
 	v4l2_device_unregister(&dev->v4l2_dev);
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&dev->hdl);