diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 820418ce05ce..e7516211083e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4cce1f4eb29765def538e7c975dac73346a0d306
+refs/heads/master: a9b9fbdf0a6a65359cd97254a282526822de5257
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c b/trunk/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
index c14f10d5d6c0..4242005082ed 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@ static int smsdvb_send_statistics_request(struct smsdvb_client_t *client)
 	int rc;
 	struct SmsMsgHdr_ST Msg;
 
+	/* Don't request stats too fast */
+	if (client->get_stats_jiffies &&
+	   (!time_after(jiffies, client->get_stats_jiffies)))
+		return 0;
+	client->get_stats_jiffies = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100);
 
 	Msg.msgSrcId = DVBT_BDA_CONTROL_MSG_ID;
 	Msg.msgDstId = HIF_TASK;
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb.h b/trunk/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb.h
index 09982bcf2535..34220696d87d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ struct smsdvb_client_t {
 	int event_fe_state;
 	int event_unc_state;
 
+	unsigned long		get_stats_jiffies;
+
 	/* Stats debugfs data */
 	struct dentry		*debugfs;