diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
index 16fba6b59616..b6b2868cb3f0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
@@ -614,6 +614,13 @@ static int load_firmware(struct dvb_frontend *fe, unsigned int type,
 			p += len;
 			size -= len;
 		}
+
+		/* silently fail if the frontend doesn't support I2C flush */
+		rc = do_tuner_callback(fe, XC2028_I2C_FLUSH, 0);
+		if ((rc < 0) && (rc != -EINVAL)) {
+			tuner_err("error executing flush: %d\n", rc);
+			return rc;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.h b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.h
index 9778c96a5006..9ebfb2d0ff14 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.h
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct xc2028_config {
 /* xc2028 commands for callback */
 #define XC2028_TUNER_RESET	0
 #define XC2028_RESET_CLK	1
+#define XC2028_I2C_FLUSH	2
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEDIA_TUNER_XC2028) || (defined(CONFIG_MEDIA_TUNER_XC2028_MODULE) && defined(MODULE))
 extern struct dvb_frontend *xc2028_attach(struct dvb_frontend *fe,