diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10048.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10048.c
index dfa3e2ccc741f36b3f98a2ac39a913ee1cb4add7..11be4697cb3dd2552885339a6249cab5b1eaa6cb 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10048.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10048.c
@@ -689,6 +689,9 @@ static int tda10048_i2c_gate_ctrl(struct dvb_frontend *fe, int enable)
 	struct tda10048_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
 	dprintk(1, "%s(%d)\n", __func__, enable);
 
+	if (state->config->disable_gate_access)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (enable)
 		return tda10048_writereg(state, TDA10048_CONF_C4_1,
 			tda10048_readreg(state, TDA10048_CONF_C4_1) | 0x02);
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10048.h b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10048.h
index ab9cf5bd421e949d4c592943b8a50a36e51033d0..ee07b50e90d156c1aeebafde80194554a43a0e5a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10048.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10048.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ struct tda10048_config {
 #define TDA10048_CLK_4000  4000
 #define TDA10048_CLK_16000 16000
 	u16 clk_freq_khz;
+
+	/* Disable I2C gate access */
+	u8 disable_gate_access;
 };
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DVB_TDA10048) || \