diff --git a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
index a228f09b9..49f9bee1f 100644
--- a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
+++ b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
@@ -882,8 +882,8 @@ void CControlAPI::RCEmCGI(CyhookHandler *hh)
 #endif
 	int evd = open(EVENTDEV, O_RDWR);
 	if (evd < 0) {
+		perror("opening " EVENTDEV " failed");
 		hh->SendError();
-		perror("opening event0 failed");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (rc_send(evd, sendcode, KEY_PRESSED) < 0) {
@@ -894,8 +894,8 @@ void CControlAPI::RCEmCGI(CyhookHandler *hh)
 	}
 	if (rc_send(evd, sendcode, KEY_RELEASED) < 0) {
 		perror("writing 'KEY_RELEASED' event failed");
-		close(evd);
 		hh->SendError();
+		close(evd);
 		return;
 	}
 	close(evd);