diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
index 29a59369ea7b..b68ab346b93b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ static int si2168_cmd_execute(struct i2c_client *client, struct si2168_cmd *cmd)
 				jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies) -
 				(jiffies_to_msecs(timeout) - TIMEOUT));
 
+		/* error bit set? */
+		if ((cmd->args[0] >> 6) & 0x01) {
+			ret = -EREMOTEIO;
+			goto err_mutex_unlock;
+		}
+
 		if (!((cmd->args[0] >> 7) & 0x01)) {
 			ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 			goto err_mutex_unlock;