diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832_sdr.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832_sdr.c
index 422d1a7b5456..c564485e3bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832_sdr.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832_sdr.c
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ static int rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs(struct rtl2832_sdr_dev *dev)
 }
 
 /* Must be called with vb_queue_lock hold */
-static void rtl2832_sdr_cleanup_queued_bufs(struct rtl2832_sdr_dev *dev)
+static void rtl2832_sdr_cleanup_queued_bufs(struct rtl2832_sdr_dev *dev,
+					    enum vb2_buffer_state state)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = dev->pdev;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ static void rtl2832_sdr_cleanup_queued_bufs(struct rtl2832_sdr_dev *dev)
 		buf = list_entry(dev->queued_bufs.next,
 				struct rtl2832_sdr_frame_buf, list);
 		list_del(&buf->list);
-		vb2_buffer_done(&buf->vb.vb2_buf, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
+		vb2_buffer_done(&buf->vb.vb2_buf, state);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->queued_bufs_lock, flags);
 }
@@ -855,11 +856,15 @@ static int rtl2832_sdr_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "\n");
 
-	if (!dev->udev)
+	if (!dev->udev) {
+		rtl2832_sdr_cleanup_queued_bufs(dev, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
 		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
-	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->v4l2_lock))
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->v4l2_lock)) {
+		rtl2832_sdr_cleanup_queued_bufs(dev, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
+	}
 
 	if (d->props->power_ctrl)
 		d->props->power_ctrl(d, 1);
@@ -900,7 +905,11 @@ static int rtl2832_sdr_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->v4l2_lock);
+	return 0;
+
 err:
+	rtl2832_sdr_cleanup_queued_bufs(dev, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->v4l2_lock);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -920,7 +929,7 @@ static void rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
 	rtl2832_sdr_kill_urbs(dev);
 	rtl2832_sdr_free_urbs(dev);
 	rtl2832_sdr_free_stream_bufs(dev);
-	rtl2832_sdr_cleanup_queued_bufs(dev);
+	rtl2832_sdr_cleanup_queued_bufs(dev, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
 	rtl2832_sdr_unset_adc(dev);
 
 	/* sleep tuner */