diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.c
index f233248358c4..c972fe014c58 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ ssize_t dvb_ringbuffer_avail(struct dvb_ringbuffer *rbuf)
 
 void dvb_ringbuffer_flush(struct dvb_ringbuffer *rbuf)
 {
-	rbuf->pread = rbuf->pwrite = 0;
+	rbuf->pread = rbuf->pwrite;
 	rbuf->error = 0;
 }