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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
index f5fa7aa89618..2998f38d64a2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -1744,6 +1744,7 @@ static int dvb_frontend_ioctl_properties(struct file *file,
 {
 	struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data;
 	struct dvb_frontend *fe = dvbdev->priv;
+	struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
 	struct dtv_frontend_properties *c = &fe->dtv_property_cache;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -1810,9 +1811,14 @@ static int dvb_frontend_ioctl_properties(struct file *file,
 
 		/*
 		 * Fills the cache out struct with the cache contents, plus
-		 * the data retrieved from get_frontend.
+		 * the data retrieved from get_frontend, if the frontend
+		 * is not idle. Otherwise, returns the cached content
 		 */
-		dtv_get_frontend(fe, NULL);
+		if (fepriv->state != FESTATE_IDLE) {
+			err = dtv_get_frontend(fe, NULL);
+			if (err < 0)
+				goto out;
+		}
 		for (i = 0; i < tvps->num; i++) {
 			err = dtv_property_process_get(fe, c, tvp + i, file);
 			if (err < 0)