diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
index aa20ce8cc668ba96b566d3aa45119a6b93e37889..f270e605da8328a728f3c844fbd88d74bcfa0d4d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
@@ -1119,8 +1119,8 @@ static int xc2028_sleep(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 	struct xc2028_data *priv = fe->tuner_priv;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	/* Avoid firmware reload on slow devices */
-	if (no_poweroff)
+	/* Avoid firmware reload on slow devices or if PM disabled */
+	if (no_poweroff || priv->ctrl.disable_power_mgmt)
 		return 0;
 
 	tuner_dbg("Putting xc2028/3028 into poweroff mode.\n");
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.h b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.h
index 19de7928a74eb75b5a01177a633acdf7e7768559..a90c35d50add70c00a7deaa7476757d7d9cbd3bc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.h
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct xc2028_ctrl {
 	unsigned int		input1:1;
 	unsigned int		vhfbw7:1;
 	unsigned int		uhfbw8:1;
+	unsigned int		disable_power_mgmt:1;
 	unsigned int		demod;
 	enum firmware_type	type:2;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
index a5cc1c1fc2d60c30329350a1ee1072c21efe68a5..39465301ec94ea78fa6d6f54ae467f0b9fc3e119 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
@@ -3003,6 +3003,14 @@ void cx88_setup_xc3028(struct cx88_core *core, struct xc2028_ctrl *ctl)
 	case CX88_BOARD_DVICO_FUSIONHDTV_5_PCI_NANO:
 		ctl->demod = XC3028_FE_OREN538;
 		break;
+	case CX88_BOARD_GENIATECH_X8000_MT:
+		/* FIXME: For this board, the xc3028 never recovers after being
+		   powered down (the reset GPIO probably is not set properly).
+		   We don't have access to the hardware so we cannot determine
+		   which GPIO is used for xc3028, so just disable power xc3028
+		   power management for now */
+		ctl->disable_power_mgmt = 1;
+		break;
 	case CX88_BOARD_WINFAST_TV2000_XP_GLOBAL:
 	case CX88_BOARD_PROLINK_PV_GLOBAL_XTREME:
 	case CX88_BOARD_PROLINK_PV_8000GT: