diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
index 79da9d01d715b81d6bf61a7ebb4f47f784468be1..2ca3e9cfb2bbbaf0887e70e23624268002e328f5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
@@ -3463,6 +3463,9 @@ static int radio_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct bttv *btv = fh->btv;
 	struct rds_command cmd;
 
+	file->private_data = NULL;
+	kfree(fh);
+
 	btv->radio_user--;
 
 	bttv_call_i2c_clients(btv, RDS_CMD_CLOSE, &cmd);