diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-video.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-video.c
index 25a4b7f3188a2e624be1d76cf257b9118bcd0580..860c98fc72c7f95f12763fc2c0edfaacb8a76890 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-video.c
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ static void buffer_queue(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 
 	if (list_empty(&q->active)) {
 		list_add_tail(&buf->list, &q->active);
-		start_video_dma(dev, q, buf);
 		buf->count    = q->count++;
 		dprintk(2,"[%p/%d] buffer_queue - first active\n",
 			buf, buf->vb.v4l2_buf.index);