diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_video.c b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_video.c
index 33459892c1a97269a4d8534f27a0d539f4e836e4..607a8d39fbe2cfbb161bffdd7036de391d368946 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_video.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops sun6i_video_ioctl_ops = {
 static int sun6i_video_open(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct sun6i_video *video = video_drvdata(file);
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&video->lock))
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
@@ -481,10 +481,8 @@ static int sun6i_video_open(struct file *file)
 		goto fh_release;
 
 	/* check if already powered */
-	if (!v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(file)) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+	if (!v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(file))
 		goto unlock;
-	}
 
 	ret = sun6i_csi_set_power(video->csi, true);
 	if (ret < 0)