return;
 
        kthread_stop(fepriv->thread);
+
+       if (fepriv->dvbdev->users < -1)
+               wait_event_interruptible(fepriv->dvbdev->wait_queue,
+                               fepriv->dvbdev->users==-1);
+
        init_MUTEX (&fepriv->sem);
        fepriv->state = FESTATE_IDLE;
 
        struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data;
        struct dvb_frontend *fe = dvbdev->priv;
        struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
+       int ret;
 
        dprintk ("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
        if (fe->ops.ts_bus_ctrl)
                fe->ops.ts_bus_ctrl (fe, 0);
 
-       return dvb_generic_release (inode, file);
+       ret = dvb_generic_release (inode, file);
+
+       if (dvbdev->users==-1 && fepriv->exit==1) {
+               fops_put(file->f_op);
+               file->f_op = NULL;
+               wake_up_interruptible (&dvbdev->wait_queue);
+       }
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static struct file_operations dvb_frontend_fops = {
        struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
        dprintk ("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
+       dvb_frontend_stop (fe);
        mutex_lock(&frontend_mutex);
        dvb_unregister_device (fepriv->dvbdev);
-       dvb_frontend_stop (fe);
 
        /* fe is invalid now */
        kfree(fepriv);
 
        dvbdev->adapter = adap;
        dvbdev->priv = priv;
        dvbdev->fops = dvbdevfops;
+       init_waitqueue_head (&dvbdev->wait_queue);
 
        memcpy(dvbdev->fops, template->fops, sizeof(struct file_operations));
        dvbdev->fops->owner = adap->module;
 
        int writers;
        int users;
 
+       wait_queue_head_t         wait_queue;
        /* don't really need those !? -- FIXME: use video_usercopy  */
        int (*kernel_ioctl)(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                            unsigned int cmd, void *arg);