diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
index 5e0acabed37a0ffff3c2ba71620e99005166637a..c29c2fd67523940530dfabb962fa55dd67833577 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,40 @@ static void uvc_ctrl_send_slave_event(struct uvc_video_chain *chain,
 	uvc_ctrl_send_event(chain, handle, ctrl, mapping, val, changes);
 }
 
+static void uvc_ctrl_set_handle(struct uvc_fh *handle, struct uvc_control *ctrl,
+				struct uvc_fh *new_handle)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&handle->chain->ctrl_mutex);
+
+	if (new_handle) {
+		if (ctrl->handle)
+			dev_warn_ratelimited(&handle->stream->dev->udev->dev,
+					     "UVC non compliance: Setting an async control with a pending operation.");
+
+		if (new_handle == ctrl->handle)
+			return;
+
+		if (ctrl->handle) {
+			WARN_ON(!ctrl->handle->pending_async_ctrls);
+			if (ctrl->handle->pending_async_ctrls)
+				ctrl->handle->pending_async_ctrls--;
+		}
+
+		ctrl->handle = new_handle;
+		handle->pending_async_ctrls++;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Cannot clear the handle for a control not owned by us.*/
+	if (WARN_ON(ctrl->handle != handle))
+		return;
+
+	ctrl->handle = NULL;
+	if (WARN_ON(!handle->pending_async_ctrls))
+		return;
+	handle->pending_async_ctrls--;
+}
+
 void uvc_ctrl_status_event(struct uvc_video_chain *chain,
 			   struct uvc_control *ctrl, const u8 *data)
 {
@@ -1286,7 +1320,8 @@ void uvc_ctrl_status_event(struct uvc_video_chain *chain,
 	mutex_lock(&chain->ctrl_mutex);
 
 	handle = ctrl->handle;
-	ctrl->handle = NULL;
+	if (handle)
+		uvc_ctrl_set_handle(handle, ctrl, NULL);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(mapping, &ctrl->info.mappings, list) {
 		s32 value = __uvc_ctrl_get_value(mapping, data);
@@ -1693,7 +1728,7 @@ int uvc_ctrl_set(struct uvc_fh *handle,
 		uvc_ctrl_data(ctrl, UVC_CTRL_DATA_CURRENT));
 
 	if (ctrl->info.flags & UVC_CTRL_FLAG_ASYNCHRONOUS)
-		ctrl->handle = handle;
+		uvc_ctrl_set_handle(handle, ctrl, handle);
 
 	ctrl->dirty = 1;
 	ctrl->modified = 1;
@@ -2337,6 +2372,31 @@ int uvc_ctrl_init_device(struct uvc_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void uvc_ctrl_cleanup_fh(struct uvc_fh *handle)
+{
+	struct uvc_entity *entity;
+
+	mutex_lock(&handle->chain->ctrl_mutex);
+
+	if (!handle->pending_async_ctrls) {
+		mutex_unlock(&handle->chain->ctrl_mutex);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry(entity, &handle->chain->dev->entities, list) {
+		unsigned int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < entity->ncontrols; ++i) {
+			if (entity->controls[i].handle != handle)
+				continue;
+			uvc_ctrl_set_handle(handle, &entity->controls[i], NULL);
+		}
+	}
+
+	WARN_ON(handle->pending_async_ctrls);
+	mutex_unlock(&handle->chain->ctrl_mutex);
+}
+
 /*
  * Cleanup device controls.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
index b40a2b904acef2aa6fdbd3718d4bf4e5ccc39450..7ad00ba0b99f5003aa49d535bfe1595b539157b3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
@@ -593,6 +593,8 @@ static int uvc_v4l2_release(struct file *file)
 
 	uvc_trace(UVC_TRACE_CALLS, "uvc_v4l2_release\n");
 
+	uvc_ctrl_cleanup_fh(handle);
+
 	/* Only free resources if this is a privileged handle. */
 	if (uvc_has_privileges(handle))
 		uvc_queue_release(&stream->queue);
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
index c75990c0957e79555ea2f93ec8317fe4ed5099ae..3edf454c164f3fe3d8c6f517ecc98de261b11e42 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
@@ -448,7 +448,11 @@ struct uvc_video_chain {
 	struct uvc_entity *processing;		/* Processing unit */
 	struct uvc_entity *selector;		/* Selector unit */
 
-	struct mutex ctrl_mutex;		/* Protects ctrl.info */
+	struct mutex ctrl_mutex;		/*
+						 * Protects ctrl.info,
+						 * ctrl.handle and
+						 * uvc_fh.pending_async_ctrls
+						 */
 
 	struct v4l2_prio_state prio;		/* V4L2 priority state */
 	u32 caps;				/* V4L2 chain-wide caps */
@@ -694,6 +698,7 @@ struct uvc_fh {
 	struct uvc_video_chain *chain;
 	struct uvc_streaming *stream;
 	enum uvc_handle_state state;
+	unsigned int pending_async_ctrls;
 };
 
 struct uvc_driver {
@@ -866,6 +871,8 @@ int uvc_ctrl_set(struct uvc_fh *handle, struct v4l2_ext_control *xctrl);
 int uvc_xu_ctrl_query(struct uvc_video_chain *chain,
 		      struct uvc_xu_control_query *xqry);
 
+void uvc_ctrl_cleanup_fh(struct uvc_fh *handle);
+
 /* Utility functions */
 void uvc_simplify_fraction(u32 *numerator, u32 *denominator,
 			   unsigned int n_terms, unsigned int threshold);