struct cxl_context *ctx = file->private_data;
        struct cxl_event event;
        unsigned long flags;
+       int rc;
        DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
        if (count < CXL_READ_MIN_SIZE)
                if (ctx_event_pending(ctx))
                        break;
 
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
-               if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
-                       return -EAGAIN;
+               if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+                       rc = -EAGAIN;
+                       goto out;
+               }
 
-               if (signal_pending(current))
-                       return -ERESTARTSYS;
+               if (signal_pending(current)) {
+                       rc = -ERESTARTSYS;
+                       goto out;
+               }
 
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
                pr_devel("afu_read going to sleep...\n");
                schedule();
                pr_devel("afu_read woken up\n");
        if (copy_to_user(buf, &event, event.header.size))
                return -EFAULT;
        return event.header.size;
+
+out:
+       finish_wait(&ctx->wq, &wait);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
+       return rc;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations afu_fops = {