diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c b/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c
index fedff68d8c49..1b974c2683a6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c
@@ -370,15 +370,12 @@ static void si470x_int_in_callback(struct urb *urb)
 	unsigned char tmpbuf[3];
 
 	if (urb->status) {
-		if (urb->status == -ENOENT ||
+		if (!(urb->status == -ENOENT ||
 				urb->status == -ECONNRESET ||
-				urb->status == -ESHUTDOWN) {
-			return;
-		} else {
+				urb->status == -ESHUTDOWN))
 			dev_warn(&radio->intf->dev,
 			 "non-zero urb status (%d)\n", urb->status);
-			goto resubmit; /* Maybe we can recover. */
-		}
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Sometimes the device returns len 0 packets */
@@ -463,6 +460,7 @@ static void si470x_int_in_callback(struct urb *urb)
 	/* Resubmit if we're still running. */
 	if (radio->int_in_running && radio->usbdev) {
 		retval = usb_submit_urb(radio->int_in_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		printk(KERN_ERR"In resubmit code path with result %d\n", retval);
 		if (retval) {
 			dev_warn(&radio->intf->dev,
 			       "resubmitting urb failed (%d)", retval);
@@ -542,6 +540,8 @@ static int si470x_start_usb(struct si470x_device *radio)
 		radio->int_in_running = 0;
 	}
 	radio->status_rssi_auto_update = radio->int_in_running;
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return retval;
 
 	/* start radio */
 	retval = si470x_start(radio);
@@ -734,7 +734,8 @@ static int si470x_usb_driver_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	/* start radio */
 	retval = si470x_start_usb(radio);
 	if (retval < 0)
-		goto err_buf;
+		/* the urb may be running even after an error */
+		goto err_all;
 
 	/* set initial frequency */
 	si470x_set_freq(radio, 87.5 * FREQ_MUL); /* available in all regions */
@@ -749,8 +750,7 @@ static int si470x_usb_driver_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	return 0;
 err_all:
-	usb_kill_urb(radio->int_in_urb);
-err_buf:
+	usb_poison_urb(radio->int_in_urb);
 	kfree(radio->buffer);
 err_ctrl:
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&radio->hdl);
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static void si470x_usb_driver_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	mutex_lock(&radio->lock);
 	v4l2_device_disconnect(&radio->v4l2_dev);
 	video_unregister_device(&radio->videodev);
-	usb_kill_urb(radio->int_in_urb);
+	usb_poison_urb(radio->int_in_urb);
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&radio->lock);
 	v4l2_device_put(&radio->v4l2_dev);