diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_fops.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_fops.c
index 6518e6d5c7b5..61571f3fb060 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_fops.c
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ static int atomisp_open(struct file *file)
 	pm_runtime_put(vdev->v4l2_dev->dev);
 error:
 	rt_mutex_unlock(&isp->mutex);
+	v4l2_fh_release(file);
 	return ret;
 }