diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
index 8cfd593d293d..e6b9ba2c8e6e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ __v4l2_async_nf_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)
 
 	v4l2_async_nf_unbind_all_subdevs(notifier);
 
-	list_del(&notifier->notifier_entry);
+	list_del_init(&notifier->notifier_entry);
 }
 
 void v4l2_async_nf_unregister(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)