diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c
index ff229d3aae0f4d0a004e79fdddd3fca591b2763c..a72799666417dc398c67c418d3c1d54ec8455c9c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c
@@ -1256,14 +1256,15 @@ static int vidioc_g_parm(struct file *filp, void *priv,
 {
 	struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev = video_drvdata(filp);
 
-	parm->parm.capture.readbuffers = 2;
+	parm->parm.capture.readbuffers = gspca_dev->queue.min_buffers_needed;
 
-	if (gspca_dev->sd_desc->get_streamparm) {
-		gspca_dev->usb_err = 0;
-		gspca_dev->sd_desc->get_streamparm(gspca_dev, parm);
-		return gspca_dev->usb_err;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	if (!gspca_dev->sd_desc->get_streamparm)
+		return 0;
+
+	parm->parm.capture.capability = V4L2_CAP_TIMEPERFRAME;
+	gspca_dev->usb_err = 0;
+	gspca_dev->sd_desc->get_streamparm(gspca_dev, parm);
+	return gspca_dev->usb_err;
 }
 
 static int vidioc_s_parm(struct file *filp, void *priv,
@@ -1271,15 +1272,17 @@ static int vidioc_s_parm(struct file *filp, void *priv,
 {
 	struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev = video_drvdata(filp);
 
-	parm->parm.capture.readbuffers = 2;
+	parm->parm.capture.readbuffers = gspca_dev->queue.min_buffers_needed;
 
-	if (gspca_dev->sd_desc->set_streamparm) {
-		gspca_dev->usb_err = 0;
-		gspca_dev->sd_desc->set_streamparm(gspca_dev, parm);
-		return gspca_dev->usb_err;
+	if (!gspca_dev->sd_desc->set_streamparm) {
+		parm->parm.capture.capability = 0;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	parm->parm.capture.capability = V4L2_CAP_TIMEPERFRAME;
+	gspca_dev->usb_err = 0;
+	gspca_dev->sd_desc->set_streamparm(gspca_dev, parm);
+	return gspca_dev->usb_err;
 }
 
 static int gspca_queue_setup(struct vb2_queue *vq,
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov534.c b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov534.c
index f293921a1f2b6455c3a3618060c9cff4f52138af..d06dc0755b9a5586f93434a47440be353ee1e660 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov534.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov534.c
@@ -1476,7 +1476,6 @@ static void sd_get_streamparm(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev,
 	struct v4l2_fract *tpf = &cp->timeperframe;
 	struct sd *sd = (struct sd *) gspca_dev;
 
-	cp->capability |= V4L2_CAP_TIMEPERFRAME;
 	tpf->numerator = 1;
 	tpf->denominator = sd->frame_rate;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c
index 82e2be14cad8b3cc791fcdbed2b8901339fe074c..6f3ec0366a2f0d7206a0020921a3bad80beea06f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c
@@ -4780,7 +4780,6 @@ static void sd_get_streamparm(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev,
 	struct v4l2_fract *tpf = &cp->timeperframe;
 	int fr, i;
 
-	cp->capability |= V4L2_CAP_TIMEPERFRAME;
 	tpf->numerator = 1;
 	i = get_fr_idx(gspca_dev);
 	if (i & 0x80) {