diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
index a7640c49f1d84aa6f89e8f81e67b291d62a67350..2b74b0ab147788c7942d5af34dfe1beeb954f904 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
@@ -755,8 +755,10 @@ unsigned int ivtv_v4l2_enc_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table * wait)
 	IVTV_DEBUG_HI_FILE("Encoder poll\n");
 	poll_wait(filp, &s->waitq, wait);
 
-	if (eof || s->q_full.length || s->q_io.length)
+	if (s->q_full.length || s->q_io.length)
 		return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+	if (eof)
+		return POLLHUP;
 	return 0;
 }