diff --git a/src/eventcomm.c b/src/eventcomm.c
index f65d532..3d0c5b0 100644
--- a/src/eventcomm.c
+++ b/src/eventcomm.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ SynapticsReadEvent(InputInfoPtr pInfo, struct input_event *ev)
         if (rc != -EAGAIN) {
             LogMessageVerbSigSafe(X_ERROR, 0, "%s: Read error %d\n", pInfo->name,
                     errno);
+            xf86RemoveEnabledDevice(pInfo);
         } else if (proto_data->read_flag == LIBEVDEV_READ_FLAG_SYNC) {
             proto_data->read_flag = LIBEVDEV_READ_FLAG_NORMAL;
             return SynapticsReadEvent(pInfo, ev);