diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
index 1039757e2c4e937575811b09a34d29eb7714e925..d2aa27e90ac52c36ef3479f9d7d480e74b65e3a2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
@@ -2702,10 +2702,22 @@ static int cx88_xc5000_tuner_callback(struct cx88_core *core,
 	switch (core->boardnr) {
 	case CX88_BOARD_PINNACLE_PCTV_HD_800i:
 		if (command == 0) { /* This is the reset command from xc5000 */
-			/* Reset XC5000 tuner via SYS_RSTO_pin */
-			cx_write(MO_SRST_IO, 0);
-			msleep(10);
-			cx_write(MO_SRST_IO, 1);
+
+			/* djh - According to the engineer at PCTV Systems,
+			   the xc5000 reset pin is supposed to be on GPIO12.
+			   However, despite three nights of effort, pulling
+			   that GPIO low didn't reset the xc5000.  While
+			   pulling MO_SRST_IO low does reset the xc5000, this
+			   also resets in the s5h1409 being reset as well.
+			   This causes tuning to always fail since the internal
+			   state of the s5h1409 does not match the driver's
+			   state.  Given that the only two conditions in which
+			   the driver performs a reset is during firmware load
+			   and powering down the chip, I am taking out the
+			   reset.  We know that the chip is being reset
+			   when the cx88 comes online, and not being able to
+			   do power management for this board is worse than
+			   not having any tuning at all. */
 			return 0;
 		} else {
 			err_printk(core, "xc5000: unknown tuner "