diff --git a/libavdevice/v4l2.c b/libavdevice/v4l2.c
index b5997fba33..4b7984f1b0 100644
--- a/libavdevice/v4l2.c
+++ b/libavdevice/v4l2.c
@@ -1033,16 +1033,17 @@ static int v4l2_get_device_list(AVFormatContext *ctx, AVDeviceInfoList *device_l
         return ret;
     }
     while ((entry = readdir(dir))) {
+        int fd = -1;
         char device_name[256];
 
         if (!v4l2_is_v4l_dev(entry->d_name))
             continue;
 
         snprintf(device_name, sizeof(device_name), "/dev/%s", entry->d_name);
-        if ((s->fd = device_open(ctx, device_name)) < 0)
+        if ((fd = device_open(ctx, device_name)) < 0)
             continue;
 
-        if (v4l2_ioctl(s->fd, VIDIOC_QUERYCAP, &cap) < 0) {
+        if (v4l2_ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_QUERYCAP, &cap) < 0) {
             ret = AVERROR(errno);
             av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "ioctl(VIDIOC_QUERYCAP): %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
             goto fail;
@@ -1064,8 +1065,7 @@ static int v4l2_get_device_list(AVFormatContext *ctx, AVDeviceInfoList *device_l
                                           &device_list->nb_devices, device)) < 0)
             goto fail;
 
-        v4l2_close(s->fd);
-        s->fd = -1;
+        v4l2_close(fd);
         continue;
 
       fail:
@@ -1074,9 +1074,7 @@ static int v4l2_get_device_list(AVFormatContext *ctx, AVDeviceInfoList *device_l
             av_freep(&device->device_description);
             av_freep(&device);
         }
-        if (s->fd >= 0)
-            v4l2_close(s->fd);
-        s->fd = -1;
+        v4l2_close(fd);
         break;
     }
     closedir(dir);