diff --git a/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c b/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
index b8a163a47d09d317a35d0c78735cf0ec956298c4..f80caaa333daf53372598375ad5fc5a8aaa949e1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,10 @@ static int smsdvb_hotplug(struct smscore_device_t *coredev,
 	return 0;
 
 media_graph_error:
+	mutex_lock(&g_smsdvb_clientslock);
+	list_del(&client->entry);
+	mutex_unlock(&g_smsdvb_clientslock);
+
 	smsdvb_debugfs_release(client);
 
 client_error: