diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-i2c.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-i2c.c
index 2360c61ddca97e2930a69ab646648da96337d86a..ec3e3b157ba868fb51e402df4d75424dcbafba81 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-i2c.c
@@ -332,6 +332,17 @@ static int em28xx_i2c_eeprom(struct em28xx *dev, unsigned char *eedata, int len)
 	struct em28xx_eeprom *em_eeprom = (void *)eedata;
 	int i, err, size = len, block;
 
+	if (dev->chip_id == CHIP_ID_EM2874) {
+		/* Empia switched to a 16-bit addressable eeprom in newer
+		   devices.  While we could certainly write a routine to read
+		   the eeprom, there is nothing of use in there that cannot be
+		   accessed through registers, and there is the risk that we
+		   could corrupt the eeprom (since a 16-bit read call is
+		   interpreted as a write call by 8-bit eeproms).
+		*/
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	dev->i2c_client.addr = 0xa0 >> 1;
 
 	/* Check if board has eeprom */