diff --git a/drivers/hid/uhid.c b/drivers/hid/uhid.c
index 0bb3bb889b7191a84cbf66cabe59c1170af368be..9b26c2369180c71832cdd1ef7e60f7a24b37fe38 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/uhid.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/uhid.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #define UHID_NAME	"uhid"
 #define UHID_BUFSIZE	32
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(uhid_open_mutex);
+
 struct uhid_device {
 	struct mutex devlock;
 	bool running;
@@ -105,15 +107,26 @@ static void uhid_hid_stop(struct hid_device *hid)
 static int uhid_hid_open(struct hid_device *hid)
 {
 	struct uhid_device *uhid = hid->driver_data;
+	int retval = 0;
 
-	return uhid_queue_event(uhid, UHID_OPEN);
+	mutex_lock(&uhid_open_mutex);
+	if (!hid->open++) {
+		retval = uhid_queue_event(uhid, UHID_OPEN);
+		if (retval)
+			hid->open--;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&uhid_open_mutex);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static void uhid_hid_close(struct hid_device *hid)
 {
 	struct uhid_device *uhid = hid->driver_data;
 
-	uhid_queue_event(uhid, UHID_CLOSE);
+	mutex_lock(&uhid_open_mutex);
+	if (!--hid->open)
+		uhid_queue_event(uhid, UHID_CLOSE);
+	mutex_unlock(&uhid_open_mutex);
 }
 
 static int uhid_hid_input(struct input_dev *input, unsigned int type,