diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-event.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-event.c
index 9f56f18d509f..4d01f17497f6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-event.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-event.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ 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);
@@ -295,6 +296,11 @@ int v4l2_event_unsubscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
 
 	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);
 		sev->fh = NULL;
 	}