switch (event) {
        case NFC_HCI_EVT_TARGET_DISCOVERED:
-               if (hdev->poll_started == false) {
-                       r = -EPROTO;
-                       goto exit;
-               }
-
                if (skb->len < 1) {     /* no status data? */
                        r = -EPROTO;
                        goto exit;
 static int hci_start_poll(struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev, u32 protocols)
 {
        struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev = nfc_get_drvdata(nfc_dev);
-       int r;
 
        if (hdev->ops->start_poll)
-               r = hdev->ops->start_poll(hdev, protocols);
+               return hdev->ops->start_poll(hdev, protocols);
        else
-               r = nfc_hci_send_event(hdev, NFC_HCI_RF_READER_A_GATE,
+               return nfc_hci_send_event(hdev, NFC_HCI_RF_READER_A_GATE,
                                       NFC_HCI_EVT_READER_REQUESTED, NULL, 0);
-       if (r == 0)
-               hdev->poll_started = true;
-
-       return r;
 }
 
 static void hci_stop_poll(struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev)
 {
        struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev = nfc_get_drvdata(nfc_dev);
 
-       if (hdev->poll_started) {
-               nfc_hci_send_event(hdev, NFC_HCI_RF_READER_A_GATE,
-                                  NFC_HCI_EVT_END_OPERATION, NULL, 0);
-               hdev->poll_started = false;
-       }
+       nfc_hci_send_event(hdev, NFC_HCI_RF_READER_A_GATE,
+                          NFC_HCI_EVT_END_OPERATION, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 static int hci_activate_target(struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev,