diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-recv.c b/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-recv.c
index 4a4895e4d5993afddf0ef667ced79b055f21035b..b4f773b9dc1d5004e6e3073420bd98fb73f96fbd 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-recv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-recv.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int gpio_ir_recv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	rcdev->input_id.version = 0x0100;
 	rcdev->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
 	rcdev->driver_name = GPIO_IR_DRIVER_NAME;
-	rcdev->min_timeout = 0;
+	rcdev->min_timeout = 1;
 	rcdev->timeout = IR_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 	rcdev->max_timeout = 10 * IR_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 	if (pdata->allowed_protos)