1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c
index b395e852e47f..9143b5631e88 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c
@@ -142,8 +142,13 @@ static int dibusb_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap,struct i2c_msg msg[],int num
                 } else if ((msg[i].flags & I2C_M_RD) == 0) {
                         if (dibusb_i2c_msg(d, msg[i].addr, msg[i].buf,msg[i].len,NULL,0) < 0)
                                 break;
-                } else
-                        break;
+                } else if (msg[i].addr != 0x50) {
+                        /* 0x50 is the address of the eeprom - we need to protect it
+                         * from dibusb's bad i2c implementation: reads without
+                         * writing the offset before are forbidden */
+                        if (dibusb_i2c_msg(d, msg[i].addr, NULL, 0, msg[i].buf, msg[i].len) < 0)
+                                break;
+                }
         }
 
         mutex_unlock(&d->i2c_mutex);