diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda8083.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda8083.c
index 5be11fd65e3b..d2d89cfa8221 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda8083.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda8083.c
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ static inline u8 tda8083_readreg (struct tda8083_state* state, u8 reg)
 {
 	u8 val;
 
-	tda8083_readregs (state, reg, &val, 1);
+	if(tda8083_readregs (state, reg, &val, 1)) {
+		return 0x00;
+	}
+		
 
 	return val;
 }