}
                        return buf;
                }
-               /* return if file was opened with O_NONBLOCK */
-               if (non_block) {
-                       *err = -EAGAIN;
-                       return NULL;
-               }
 
                /* return if end of stream */
                if (s->type != IVTV_DEC_STREAM_TYPE_VBI && !test_bit(IVTV_F_S_STREAMING, &s->s_flags)) {
-                       clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_STREAMOFF, &s->s_flags);
                        IVTV_DEBUG_INFO("EOS %s\n", s->name);
                        return NULL;
                }
 
+               /* return if file was opened with O_NONBLOCK */
+               if (non_block) {
+                       *err = -EAGAIN;
+                       return NULL;
+               }
+
                /* wait for more data to arrive */
                prepare_to_wait(&s->waitq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
                /* New buffers might have become available before we were added to the waitqueue */
                int rc;
 
                buf = ivtv_get_buffer(s, non_block, &rc);
-               if (buf == NULL && rc == -EAGAIN && tot_written)
-                       break;
-               if (buf == NULL)
+               /* if there is no data available... */
+               if (buf == NULL) {
+                       /* if we got data, then return that regardless */
+                       if (tot_written)
+                               break;
+                       /* EOS condition */
+                       if (rc == 0) {
+                               clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_STREAMOFF, &s->s_flags);
+                               clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_APPL_IO, &s->s_flags);
+                               ivtv_release_stream(s);
+                       }
+                       /* set errno */
                        return rc;
+               }
                rc = ivtv_copy_buf_to_user(s, buf, ubuf + tot_written, tot_count - tot_written);
                if (buf != &itv->vbi.sliced_mpeg_buf) {
                        ivtv_enqueue(s, buf, (buf->readpos == buf->bytesused) ? &s->q_free : &s->q_io);
                        ivtv_stop_v4l2_encode_stream(s, gop_end);
                }
        }
-       clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_APPL_IO, &s->s_flags);
-       clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_STREAMOFF, &s->s_flags);
-
-       ivtv_release_stream(s);
+       if (!gop_end) {
+               clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_APPL_IO, &s->s_flags);
+               clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_STREAMOFF, &s->s_flags);
+               ivtv_release_stream(s);
+       }
 }
 
 static void ivtv_stop_decoding(struct ivtv_open_id *id, int flags, u64 pts)
 
        struct ivtv *itv = s->itv;
        DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
        int cap_type;
-       unsigned long then;
        int stopmode;
 
        if (s->v4l2dev == NULL)
        /* when: 0 =  end of GOP  1 = NOW!, type: 0 = mpeg, subtype: 3 = video+audio */
        ivtv_vapi(itv, CX2341X_ENC_STOP_CAPTURE, 3, stopmode, cap_type, s->subtype);
 
-       then = jiffies;
-
        if (!test_bit(IVTV_F_S_PASSTHROUGH, &s->s_flags)) {
                if (s->type == IVTV_ENC_STREAM_TYPE_MPG && gop_end) {
                        /* only run these if we're shutting down the last cap */
                        unsigned long duration;
+                       unsigned long then = jiffies;
 
-                       then = jiffies;
                        add_wait_queue(&itv->eos_waitq, &wait);
 
                        set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
                        }
                        set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
                        remove_wait_queue(&itv->eos_waitq, &wait);
+                       set_bit(IVTV_F_S_STREAMOFF, &s->s_flags);
                }
 
-               then = jiffies;
-
                /* Handle any pending interrupts */
                ivtv_msleep_timeout(100, 1);
        }