diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 90b5f01736b0..bc338d035088 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 15ceb6b1c30ea40bdbe6a6246e2468d9bab375f5
+refs/heads/master: 89c3bc78075042ae1f4452687f626acce06b3b21
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c b/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
index 658ee90db5a4..e8416b76da67 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ static unsigned int latency = UNSET;
 module_param(latency,int,0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(latency,"pci latency timer");
 
+static int disable_ir;
+module_param(disable_ir, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(latency, "Disable IR support");
+
 #define info_printk(core, fmt, arg...) \
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: " fmt, core->name , ## arg)
 
@@ -3498,8 +3502,10 @@ struct cx88_core *cx88_core_create(struct pci_dev *pci, int nr)
 	}
 
 	cx88_card_setup(core);
-	cx88_i2c_init_ir(core);
-	cx88_ir_init(core, pci);
+	if (!disable_ir) {
+		cx88_i2c_init_ir(core);
+		cx88_ir_init(core, pci);
+	}
 
 	return core;
 }