2 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/include/mtdev.h b/include/mtdev.h
index 7d442f1..4170512 100644
--- a/include/mtdev.h
+++ b/include/mtdev.h
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ int mtdev_open(struct mtdev *dev, int fd);
  * @fd: file descriptor of the kernel device
  * @ms: number of milliseconds to wait for activity
  *
- * Returns true if the device is idle, i.e., there are no buffered
- * events and there is nothing to fetch from the kernel device.
+ * Returns true if the device is idle, i.e., there are no fetched
+ * events in the pipe and there is nothing to fetch from the device.
  */
 int mtdev_idle(struct mtdev *dev, int fd, int ms);
 
diff --git a/src/iobuf.c b/src/iobuf.c
index 6516a2c..050f2ed 100644
--- a/src/iobuf.c
+++ b/src/iobuf.c
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@
 
 int mtdev_idle(struct mtdev *dev, int fd, int ms)
 {
-        struct mtdev_state *state = dev->state;
-        struct mtdev_iobuf *buf = &state->iobuf;
+        struct mtdev_iobuf *buf = &dev->state->iobuf;
         struct pollfd fds = { fd, POLLIN, 0 };
-        return evbuf_empty(&state->outbuf) &&
-                evbuf_empty(&state->inbuf) &&
-                buf->head == buf->tail &&
-                poll(&fds, 1, ms) <= 0;
+        return  buf->head == buf->tail && poll(&fds, 1, ms) <= 0;
 }
 
 int mtdev_fetch(struct mtdev *dev, int fd, struct input_event *ev)