diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-i2c.c b/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-i2c.c
index 4f7e3b42263f..3b37c96d2a7c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-i2c.c
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ static int i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
 		dprintk(DBGLVL_I2C, "%s(num = %d) addr = 0x%02x  len = 0x%x\n",
 			__func__, num, msgs[i].addr, msgs[i].len);
 		if (msgs[i].flags & I2C_M_RD) {
-			/* Unsupported - Yet*/
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s() Unsupported - Yet\n", __func__);
-			continue;
+			retval = saa7164_api_i2c_read(bus,
+				msgs[i].addr,
+				0 /* reglen */,
+				0 /* reg */, msgs[i].len, msgs[i].buf);
 		} else if (i + 1 < num && (msgs[i + 1].flags & I2C_M_RD) &&
 			   msgs[i].addr == msgs[i + 1].addr) {
 			/* write then read from same address */