return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       em28xx_videodbg("open dev=%s type=%s\n",
-                       video_device_node_name(vdev), v4l2_type_names[fh_type]);
+       em28xx_videodbg("open dev=%s type=%s users=%d\n",
+                       video_device_node_name(vdev), v4l2_type_names[fh_type],
+                       v4l2->users);
 
        if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->lock))
                return -ERESTARTSYS;
                return ret;
        }
 
-       if (v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(filp)) {
-               em28xx_videodbg("first opened filehandle, initializing device\n");
-
+       if (v4l2->users == 0) {
                em28xx_set_mode(dev, EM28XX_ANALOG_MODE);
 
                if (vdev->vfl_type != VFL_TYPE_RADIO)
                 * of some i2c devices
                 */
                em28xx_wake_i2c(dev);
-       } else {
-               em28xx_videodbg("further filehandles are already opened\n");
        }
 
        if (vdev->vfl_type == VFL_TYPE_RADIO) {
 
        kref_get(&dev->ref);
        kref_get(&v4l2->ref);
+       v4l2->users++;
 
        mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 
        struct em28xx_v4l2    *v4l2 = dev->v4l2;
        int              errCode;
 
-       mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
+       em28xx_videodbg("users=%d\n", v4l2->users);
 
-       if (v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(filp)) {
-               em28xx_videodbg("last opened filehandle, shutting down device\n");
+       vb2_fop_release(filp);
+       mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
 
+       if (v4l2->users == 1) {
                /* No sense to try to write to the device */
                if (dev->disconnected)
                        goto exit;
                        em28xx_errdev("cannot change alternate number to "
                                        "0 (error=%i)\n", errCode);
                }
-       } else {
-               em28xx_videodbg("further opened filehandles left\n");
        }
 
 exit:
-       vb2_fop_release(filp);
+       v4l2->users--;
        kref_put(&v4l2->ref, em28xx_free_v4l2);
        mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
        kref_put(&dev->ref, em28xx_free_device);