diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10071.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10071.c
index 2521f7e23018..e79749cfec81 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10071.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10071.c
@@ -912,14 +912,8 @@ static int tda10071_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 		{ 0xd5, 0x03, 0x03 },
 	};
 
-	/* firmware status */
-	ret = tda10071_rd_reg(priv, 0x51, &tmp);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error;
-
-	if (!tmp) {
+	if (priv->warm) {
 		/* warm state - wake up device from sleep */
-		priv->warm = 1;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tab); i++) {
 			ret = tda10071_wr_reg_mask(priv, tab[i].reg,
@@ -937,7 +931,6 @@ static int tda10071_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 			goto error;
 	} else {
 		/* cold state - try to download firmware */
-		priv->warm = 0;
 
 		/* request the firmware, this will block and timeout */
 		ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_file, priv->i2c->dev.parent);