diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-ioctl.c
index f956188f7f196699d4279a66a2a0c55b1a683e1b..670462d195b55c9738d669ec421e00ed4b3878a3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-ioctl.c
@@ -1506,10 +1506,8 @@ static int ivtv_subscribe_event(struct v4l2_fh *fh, const struct v4l2_event_subs
 	case V4L2_EVENT_VSYNC:
 	case V4L2_EVENT_EOS:
 		return v4l2_event_subscribe(fh, sub, 0, NULL);
-	case V4L2_EVENT_CTRL:
-		return v4l2_event_subscribe(fh, sub, 0, &v4l2_ctrl_sub_ev_ops);
 	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return v4l2_ctrl_subscribe_event(fh, sub);
 	}
 }