diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
index 6fb96f1..d949a81 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
 	IVTV_DEBUG_HI_FILE("Encoder poll\n");
 	poll_wait(filp, &s->waitq, wait);
 
-	if (eof || s->q_full.length)
+	if (eof || s->q_full.length || s->q_io.length)
 		return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
 	return 0;
 }