diff --git a/drivers/misc/qseecom.c b/drivers/misc/qseecom.c
index 8c338aaa615c..2eeabe55d6ca 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/qseecom.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/qseecom.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ struct qseecom_client_handle {
 
 struct qseecom_listener_handle {
 	u32               id;
-	bool              unregister_pending;
+	bool              register_pending;
 	bool              release_called;
 };
 
@@ -1550,6 +1550,11 @@ static int qseecom_register_listener(struct qseecom_dev_handle *data,
 	struct qseecom_registered_listener_list *new_entry;
 	struct qseecom_registered_listener_list *ptr_svc;
 
+	if (data->listener.register_pending) {
+		pr_err("Already a listner registration is in process on this FD\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	ret = copy_from_user(&rcvd_lstnr, argp, sizeof(rcvd_lstnr));
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("copy_from_user failed\n");
@@ -1559,6 +1564,13 @@ static int qseecom_register_listener(struct qseecom_dev_handle *data,
 			rcvd_lstnr.sb_size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	ptr_svc = __qseecom_find_svc(data->listener.id);
+	if (ptr_svc) {
+		pr_err("Already a listener registered on this data: lid=%d\n",
+			data->listener.id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	ptr_svc = __qseecom_find_svc(rcvd_lstnr.listener_id);
 	if (ptr_svc) {
 		if (!ptr_svc->unregister_pending) {
@@ -1602,13 +1614,16 @@ static int qseecom_register_listener(struct qseecom_dev_handle *data,
 	new_entry->svc.listener_id = rcvd_lstnr.listener_id;
 	new_entry->sb_length = rcvd_lstnr.sb_size;
 	new_entry->user_virt_sb_base = rcvd_lstnr.virt_sb_base;
+	data->listener.register_pending = true;
 	if (__qseecom_set_sb_memory(new_entry, data, &rcvd_lstnr)) {
 		pr_err("qseecom_set_sb_memory failed for listener %d, size %d\n",
 				rcvd_lstnr.listener_id, rcvd_lstnr.sb_size);
 		__qseecom_free_tzbuf(&new_entry->sglistinfo_shm);
 		kzfree(new_entry);
+		data->listener.register_pending = false;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+	data->listener.register_pending = false;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&new_entry->rcv_req_wq);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&new_entry->listener_block_app_wq);