diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index 4ffd064c402ae0acef043b352d1f18222ad2e0a8..8996175cc95075bca9c42c89501a2adc51bd12fc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -391,8 +391,6 @@ buffer_setup(struct videobuf_queue *vq, unsigned int *count, unsigned int *size)
 	if (*count < EM28XX_MIN_BUF)
 		*count = EM28XX_MIN_BUF;
 
-	dev->mode = EM28XX_ANALOG_MODE;
-
 	/* Ask tuner to go to analog mode */
 	memset(&f, 0, sizeof(f));
 	f.frequency = dev->ctl_freq;