diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
index 2308c0b4f5e7eeb48151475a75d013cddab48740..1f7620cd2996d9ddfb4668dbdb7c2117252147e8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 int usbtv_set_regs(struct usbtv *usbtv, const u16 regs[][2], int size)
 {
 	int ret;
-	int pipe = usb_rcvctrlpipe(usbtv->udev, 0);
+	int pipe = usb_sndctrlpipe(usbtv->udev, 0);
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {