assert_return(s, -EINVAL);
assert_return(m == SD_EVENT_OFF || m == SD_EVENT_ON || m == SD_EVENT_ONESHOT, -EINVAL);
- assert_return(s->event->state != SD_EVENT_FINISHED, -ESTALE);
assert_return(!event_pid_changed(s->event), -ECHILD);
+ /* If we are dead anyway, we are fine with turning off
+ * sources, but everything else needs to fail. */
+ if (s->event->state == SD_EVENT_FINISHED)
+ return m == SD_EVENT_OFF ? 0 : -ESTALE;
+
if (s->enabled == m)
return 0;