diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 87bbe430d14b..d2260a25e7c7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6d98816fbe2b0a6887de0237021d6d900fbaff84
+refs/heads/master: 76ac5dd6c055101ef9f8c6349cae4ef571039e93
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c b/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c
index 6e705a2afdf8..88af23a93870 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void cx88_call_i2c_clients(struct cx88_core *core, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	if (0 != core->i2c_rc)
 		return;
 
-	if (core->dvbdev) {
+	if ( (core->dvbdev) && (core->dvbdev->dvb.frontend) ) {
 		if (core->dvbdev->dvb.frontend->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl)
 			core->dvbdev->dvb.frontend->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(core->dvbdev->dvb.frontend, 1);