diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 90110d922c64..d144ef2d3736 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 47ebe3f93250fce6f4eaa16309ae5eee9d4099b3
+refs/heads/master: 0a3237704dec476be3cdfbe8fc9df9cc65b14442
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/tuners/mxl5007t.c b/trunk/drivers/media/tuners/mxl5007t.c
index 69e453ef0a1a..eb61304c260d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/tuners/mxl5007t.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/tuners/mxl5007t.c
@@ -531,10 +531,6 @@ static int mxl5007t_tuner_init(struct mxl5007t_state *state,
 	struct reg_pair_t *init_regs;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mxl5007t_soft_reset(state);
-	if (mxl_fail(ret))
-		goto fail;
-
 	/* calculate initialization reg array */
 	init_regs = mxl5007t_calc_init_regs(state, mode);
 
@@ -900,7 +896,20 @@ struct dvb_frontend *mxl5007t_attach(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 		/* existing tuner instance */
 		break;
 	}
+
+	if (fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl)
+		fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(fe, 1);
+
+	ret = mxl5007t_soft_reset(state);
+
+	if (fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl)
+		fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(fe, 0);
+
+	if (mxl_fail(ret))
+		goto fail;
+
 	fe->tuner_priv = state;
+
 	mutex_unlock(&mxl5007t_list_mutex);
 
 	memcpy(&fe->ops.tuner_ops, &mxl5007t_tuner_ops,