diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
index 022be0e..2cff40b 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
@@ -230,6 +230,18 @@ static int uinput_dev_erase_effect(struct input_dev *dev, int effect_id)
 	return uinput_request_submit(udev, &request);
 }
 
+static int uinput_dev_flush(struct input_dev *dev, struct file *file)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If we are called with file == NULL that means we are tearing
+	 * down the device, and therefore we can not handle FF erase
+	 * requests: either we are handling UI_DEV_DESTROY (and holding
+	 * the udev->mutex), or the file descriptor is closed and there is
+	 * nobody on the other side anymore.
+	 */
+	return file ? input_ff_flush(dev, file) : 0;
+}
+
 static void uinput_destroy_device(struct uinput_device *udev)
 {
 	const char *name, *phys;
@@ -297,6 +309,12 @@ static int uinput_create_device(struct uinput_device *udev)
 		dev->ff->playback = uinput_dev_playback;
 		dev->ff->set_gain = uinput_dev_set_gain;
 		dev->ff->set_autocenter = uinput_dev_set_autocenter;
+		/*
+		 * The standard input_ff_flush() implementation does
+		 * not quite work for uinput as we can't reasonably
+		 * handle FF requests during device teardown.
+		 */
+		dev->flush = uinput_dev_flush;
 	}
 
 	error = input_register_device(udev->dev);