diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
index a3ef1f50a4b3496dcfbe7cb4332a3bab9a3acc56..481e3c65cf97a63202e1223b106c59b5e670651b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
@@ -193,6 +193,22 @@ int v4l2_event_pending(struct v4l2_fh *fh)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_event_pending);
 
+static void __v4l2_event_unsubscribe(struct v4l2_subscribed_event *sev)
+{
+	struct v4l2_fh *fh = sev->fh;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&fh->subscribe_lock);
+	assert_spin_locked(&fh->vdev->fh_lock);
+
+	/* Remove any pending events for this subscription */
+	for (i = 0; i < sev->in_use; i++) {
+		list_del(&sev->events[sev_pos(sev, i)].list);
+		fh->navailable--;
+	}
+	list_del(&sev->list);
+}
+
 int v4l2_event_subscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
 			 const struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub, unsigned elems,
 			 const struct v4l2_subscribed_event_ops *ops)
@@ -224,27 +240,23 @@ int v4l2_event_subscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
 	found_ev = v4l2_event_subscribed(fh, sub->type, sub->id);
+	if (!found_ev)
+		list_add(&sev->list, &fh->subscribed);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
 
 	if (found_ev) {
 		/* Already listening */
 		kvfree(sev);
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
-	if (sev->ops && sev->ops->add) {
+	} else if (sev->ops && sev->ops->add) {
 		ret = sev->ops->add(sev, elems);
 		if (ret) {
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
+			__v4l2_event_unsubscribe(sev);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
 			kvfree(sev);
-			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
-	list_add(&sev->list, &fh->subscribed);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
-
-out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&fh->subscribe_lock);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -279,7 +291,6 @@ int v4l2_event_unsubscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
 {
 	struct v4l2_subscribed_event *sev;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int i;
 
 	if (sub->type == V4L2_EVENT_ALL) {
 		v4l2_event_unsubscribe_all(fh);
@@ -291,14 +302,8 @@ int v4l2_event_unsubscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
 
 	sev = v4l2_event_subscribed(fh, sub->type, sub->id);
-	if (sev != NULL) {
-		/* Remove any pending events for this subscription */
-		for (i = 0; i < sev->in_use; i++) {
-			list_del(&sev->events[sev_pos(sev, i)].list);
-			fh->navailable--;
-		}
-		list_del(&sev->list);
-	}
+	if (sev != NULL)
+		__v4l2_event_unsubscribe(sev);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);