diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
index 282cd7d24077..27c1ef493617 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
@@ -585,7 +585,5 @@ ssize_t ptp_read(struct posix_clock_context *pccontext, uint rdflags,
 free_event:
 	kfree(event);
 exit:
-	if (result < 0)
-		ptp_release(pccontext);
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
index 282cd7d24077..1a9176e0ce36 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ int ptp_open(struct posix_clock_context *pccontext, fmode_t fmode)
 	spin_lock_init(&queue->lock);
 	list_add_tail(&queue->qlist, &ptp->tsevqs);
 	pccontext->private_clkdata = queue;
+	printk("%p, %p, %s\n", queue, &queue->qlist, __func__);
 
 	/* Debugfs contents */
 	sprintf(debugfsname, "0x%p", queue);
@@ -140,12 +141,15 @@ int ptp_release(struct posix_clock_context *pccontext)
 	struct timestamp_event_queue *queue = pccontext->private_clkdata;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (queue) {
+	pccontext->private_clkdata = NULL;
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(queue)) {
+		struct list_head *ql = &queue->qlist;
 		debugfs_remove(queue->debugfs_instance);
-		pccontext->private_clkdata = NULL;
+		printk("%p, %p, %s\n", queue, ql, __func__);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->lock, flags);
-		list_del(&queue->qlist);
+		list_del(ql);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->lock, flags);
+		printk("deled, %p, %p, %s\n", queue, ql, __func__);
 		bitmap_free(queue->mask);
 		kfree(queue);
 	}