diff --git a/drivers/media/common/ir-functions.c b/drivers/media/common/ir-functions.c
index fcb194135627f9e32bb01f8f33db53e4b2a41fdd..fe447a06e24efd9ad3961a8c07e056f6ff3feda0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/ir-functions.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/ir-functions.c
@@ -107,21 +107,20 @@ void ir_input_keydown(struct input_dev *dev, struct ir_input_state *ir,
 }
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
+/* extract mask bits out of data and pack them into the result */
 u32 ir_extract_bits(u32 data, u32 mask)
 {
-	int mbit, vbit;
-	u32 value;
+	u32 vbit = 1, value = 0;
+
+	do {
+	    if (mask&1) {
+		if (data&1)
+			value |= vbit;
+		vbit<<=1;
+	    }
+	    data>>=1;
+	} while (mask>>=1);
 
-	value = 0;
-	vbit  = 0;
-	for (mbit = 0; mbit < 32; mbit++) {
-		if (!(mask & ((u32)1 << mbit)))
-			continue;
-		if (data & ((u32)1 << mbit))
-			value |= (1 << vbit);
-		vbit++;
-	}
 	return value;
 }