u8 running_status_length;
        } ports[0x10];
        u8 seen_f5;
+       bool in_sysex;
+       u8 last_cin;
        u8 error_resubmit;
        int current_port;
 };
                }
 }
 
+/*
+ * QinHeng CH345 is buggy: every second packet inside a SysEx has not CIN 4
+ * but the previously seen CIN, but still with three data bytes.
+ */
+static void ch345_broken_sysex_input(struct snd_usb_midi_in_endpoint *ep,
+                                    uint8_t *buffer, int buffer_length)
+{
+       unsigned int i, cin, length;
+
+       for (i = 0; i + 3 < buffer_length; i += 4) {
+               if (buffer[i] == 0 && i > 0)
+                       break;
+               cin = buffer[i] & 0x0f;
+               if (ep->in_sysex &&
+                   cin == ep->last_cin &&
+                   (buffer[i + 1 + (cin == 0x6)] & 0x80) == 0)
+                       cin = 0x4;
+#if 0
+               if (buffer[i + 1] == 0x90) {
+                       /*
+                        * Either a corrupted running status or a real note-on
+                        * message; impossible to detect reliably.
+                        */
+               }
+#endif
+               length = snd_usbmidi_cin_length[cin];
+               snd_usbmidi_input_data(ep, 0, &buffer[i + 1], length);
+               ep->in_sysex = cin == 0x4;
+               if (!ep->in_sysex)
+                       ep->last_cin = cin;
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * CME protocol: like the standard protocol, but SysEx commands are sent as a
  * single USB packet preceded by a 0x0F byte.
        .output_packet = snd_usbmidi_output_standard_packet,
 };
 
+static struct usb_protocol_ops snd_usbmidi_ch345_broken_sysex_ops = {
+       .input = ch345_broken_sysex_input,
+       .output = snd_usbmidi_standard_output,
+       .output_packet = snd_usbmidi_output_standard_packet,
+};
+
 /*
  * AKAI MPD16 protocol:
  *
                err = snd_usbmidi_detect_per_port_endpoints(umidi, endpoints);
                break;
        case QUIRK_MIDI_CH345:
+               umidi->usb_protocol_ops = &snd_usbmidi_ch345_broken_sysex_ops;
                err = snd_usbmidi_detect_per_port_endpoints(umidi, endpoints);
                break;
        default: