diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dvb-pll.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dvb-pll.c
index a189683454b7da0ad84cb69cccaba873bf816da1..b9a338875948b6c5bf41d16a3946cdb98464b22a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dvb-pll.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dvb-pll.c
@@ -613,7 +613,20 @@ static struct dvb_tuner_ops dvb_pll_tuner_ops = {
 
 int dvb_pll_attach(struct dvb_frontend *fe, int pll_addr, struct i2c_adapter *i2c, struct dvb_pll_desc *desc)
 {
+	u8 b1 [] = { 0 };
+	struct i2c_msg msg [] = { { .addr = pll_addr, .flags = 0, .buf = NULL, .len = 0 },
+				  { .addr = pll_addr, .flags = I2C_M_RD, .buf = b1, .len = 1 } };
 	struct dvb_pll_priv *priv = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl)
+		fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(fe, 1);
+
+	ret = i2c_transfer (i2c, msg, 2);
+	if (ret != 2)
+		return -1;
+	if (fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl)
+		     fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(fe, 0);
 
 	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dvb_pll_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (priv == NULL)