diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6f4d377bfcc8..f840c605d467 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 50953e0640b3473dcb409d5d0d938c2742c93b0d
+refs/heads/master: d0b66fdfd3c5c31764740f6ffe5a345549d6af97
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c b/trunk/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
index c9663e885b9f..9ff69b5a87e2 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
@@ -746,8 +746,9 @@ unsigned int ivtv_v4l2_dec_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 	return res;
 }
 
-unsigned int ivtv_v4l2_enc_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table * wait)
+unsigned int ivtv_v4l2_enc_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
+	unsigned long req_events = poll_requested_events(wait);
 	struct ivtv_open_id *id = fh2id(filp->private_data);
 	struct ivtv *itv = id->itv;
 	struct ivtv_stream *s = &itv->streams[id->type];
@@ -755,7 +756,8 @@ unsigned int ivtv_v4l2_enc_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table * wait)
 	unsigned res = 0;
 
 	/* Start a capture if there is none */
-	if (!eof && !test_bit(IVTV_F_S_STREAMING, &s->s_flags)) {
+	if (!eof && !test_bit(IVTV_F_S_STREAMING, &s->s_flags) &&
+			(req_events & (POLLIN | POLLRDNORM))) {
 		int rc;
 
 		rc = ivtv_start_capture(id);