struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(&sensor->src->sd);
        u32 fmt_model_type, fmt_model_subtype, ncol_desc, nrow_desc;
        unsigned int i;
-       int rval;
+       int pixel_count = 0;
        int line_count = 0;
-       int embedded_start = -1, embedded_end = -1;
-       int image_start = 0;
+       int rval;
 
        rval = smiapp_read(sensor, SMIAPP_REG_U8_FRAME_FORMAT_MODEL_TYPE,
                           &fmt_model_type);
                dev_dbg(&client->dev, "%s pixels: %d %s\n",
                        what, pixels, which);
 
-               if (i < ncol_desc)
+               if (i < ncol_desc) {
+                       if (pixelcode ==
+                           SMIAPP_FRAME_FORMAT_DESC_PIXELCODE_VISIBLE)
+                               sensor->visible_pixel_start = pixel_count;
+                       pixel_count += pixels;
                        continue;
+               }
 
                /* Handle row descriptors */
-               if (pixelcode
-                   == SMIAPP_FRAME_FORMAT_DESC_PIXELCODE_EMBEDDED) {
-                       embedded_start = line_count;
-               } else {
-                       if (pixelcode == SMIAPP_FRAME_FORMAT_DESC_PIXELCODE_VISIBLE
-                           || pixels >= sensor->limits[SMIAPP_LIMIT_MIN_FRAME_LENGTH_LINES] / 2)
-                               image_start = line_count;
-                       if (embedded_start != -1 && embedded_end == -1)
-                               embedded_end = line_count;
+               switch (pixelcode) {
+               case SMIAPP_FRAME_FORMAT_DESC_PIXELCODE_EMBEDDED:
+                       if (sensor->embedded_end)
+                               break;
+                       sensor->embedded_start = line_count;
+                       sensor->embedded_end = line_count + pixels;
+                       break;
+               case SMIAPP_FRAME_FORMAT_DESC_PIXELCODE_VISIBLE:
+                       sensor->image_start = line_count;
+                       break;
                }
                line_count += pixels;
        }
 
-       if (embedded_start == -1 || embedded_end == -1) {
-               embedded_start = 0;
-               embedded_end = 0;
+       if (sensor->embedded_end > sensor->image_start) {
+               dev_dbg(&client->dev,
+                       "adjusting image start line to %u (was %u)\n",
+                       sensor->embedded_end, sensor->image_start);
+               sensor->image_start = sensor->embedded_end;
        }
 
-       sensor->image_start = image_start;
-
        dev_dbg(&client->dev, "embedded data from lines %d to %d\n",
-               embedded_start, embedded_end);
-       dev_dbg(&client->dev, "image data starts at line %d\n", image_start);
+               sensor->embedded_start, sensor->embedded_end);
+       dev_dbg(&client->dev, "image data starts at line %d\n",
+               sensor->image_start);
 
        return 0;
 }