diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index 3d6a6306cec7..639dc8d45e60 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -635,10 +635,8 @@ static __poll_t v4l2_m2m_poll_for_data(struct file *file,
 		 * If the last buffer was dequeued from the capture queue,
 		 * return immediately. DQBUF will return -EPIPE.
 		 */
-		if (dst_q->last_buffer_dequeued) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dst_q->done_lock, flags);
-			return EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
-		}
+		if (dst_q->last_buffer_dequeued)
+			rc |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dst_q->done_lock, flags);