1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
index 658ee90db5a4..e8416b76da67 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ static unsigned int latency = UNSET;
 module_param(latency,int,0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(latency,"pci latency timer");
 
+static int disable_ir;
+module_param(disable_ir, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(latency, "Disable IR support");
+
 #define info_printk(core, fmt, arg...) \
         printk(KERN_INFO "%s: " fmt, core->name , ## arg)
 
@@ -3498,8 +3502,10 @@ struct cx88_core *cx88_core_create(struct pci_dev *pci, int nr)
         }
 
         cx88_card_setup(core);
-        cx88_i2c_init_ir(core);
-        cx88_ir_init(core, pci);
+        if (!disable_ir) {
+                cx88_i2c_init_ir(core);
+                cx88_ir_init(core, pci);
+        }
 
         return core;
 }