diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c
index 5552f8137571..c58c91bbcfbd 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ static void send_event(struct v4l2_fh *fh, struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl, u32 changes)
 	fill_event(&ev, ctrl, changes);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(sev, &ctrl->ev_subs, node)
-		if (sev->fh && (sev->fh != fh ||
-				(sev->flags & V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_ALLOW_FEEDBACK)))
+		if (sev->fh != fh ||
+		    (sev->flags & V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_ALLOW_FEEDBACK))
 			v4l2_event_queue_fh(sev->fh, &ev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-event.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-event.c
index 4d01f17497f6..3d93251f292e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-event.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-event.c
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ int v4l2_event_unsubscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
 			fh->navailable--;
 		}
 		list_del(&sev->list);
-		sev->fh = NULL;
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);