diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index 5b9441889398c..1ed7ba3dfdbe1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -1290,6 +1290,8 @@ static void em28xx_ctrl_notify(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl, void *priv)
 {
 	struct em28xx *dev = priv;
 
+	dev->v4l2->field_count = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * In the case of non-AC97 volume controls, we still need
 	 * to do some setups at em28xx, in order to mute/unmute