diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/si2157.c b/drivers/media/tuners/si2157.c
index c84f7b8ee8d2742782fca98d23e9ca1a1653e2ed..5901484011b90b29b7fae95684d6cac69722a4e3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/tuners/si2157.c
+++ b/drivers/media/tuners/si2157.c
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ static int si2157_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 
 	dev_dbg(&s->client->dev, "\n");
 
-	/* configure? */
+	if (s->fw_loaded)
+		goto warm;
+
+	/* power up */
 	memcpy(cmd.args, "\xc0\x00\x0c\x00\x00\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x02\x00\x00\x01", 15);
 	cmd.wlen = 15;
 	cmd.rlen = 1;
@@ -176,9 +179,12 @@ static int si2157_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	s->active = true;
+	s->fw_loaded = true;
 
+warm:
+	s->active = true;
 	return 0;
+
 err:
 	if (fw)
 		release_firmware(fw);
@@ -320,6 +326,7 @@ static int si2157_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	s->client = client;
 	s->fe = cfg->fe;
 	s->inversion = cfg->inversion;
+	s->fw_loaded = false;
 	mutex_init(&s->i2c_mutex);
 
 	/* check if the tuner is there */
diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/si2157_priv.h b/drivers/media/tuners/si2157_priv.h
index 3ddab5e6b50038cbb9034f556fb6f77edec5308f..4080a57962f012474d3733c9059d4af365ae9e85 100644
--- a/drivers/media/tuners/si2157_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/media/tuners/si2157_priv.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct si2157 {
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	struct dvb_frontend *fe;
 	bool active;
+	bool fw_loaded;
 	bool inversion;
 };