tea->ops->set_pins(tea, 0);
 }
 
-static unsigned int snd_tea575x_read(struct snd_tea575x *tea)
+static u32 snd_tea575x_read(struct snd_tea575x *tea)
 {
        u16 l, rdata;
        u32 data = 0;
        return data;
 }
 
+static u32 snd_tea575x_get_freq(struct snd_tea575x *tea)
+{
+       u32 freq = snd_tea575x_read(tea) & TEA575X_BIT_FREQ_MASK;
+
+       if (freq == 0)
+               return freq;
+
+       /* freq *= 12.5 */
+       freq *= 125;
+       freq /= 10;
+       /* crystal fixup */
+       if (tea->tea5759)
+               freq += TEA575X_FMIF;
+       else
+               freq -= TEA575X_FMIF;
+
+       return clamp(freq * 16, FREQ_LO, FREQ_HI); /* from kHz */
+}
+
 static void snd_tea575x_set_freq(struct snd_tea575x *tea)
 {
        u32 freq = tea->freq;
                                        struct v4l2_hw_freq_seek *a)
 {
        struct snd_tea575x *tea = video_drvdata(file);
+       unsigned long timeout;
+       int i;
 
        if (tea->cannot_read_data)
                return -ENOTTY;
        if (a->tuner || a->wrap_around)
                return -EINVAL;
+
+       /* clear the frequency, HW will fill it in */
+       tea->val &= ~TEA575X_BIT_FREQ_MASK;
        tea->val |= TEA575X_BIT_SEARCH;
-       tea->val &= ~TEA575X_BIT_UPDOWN;
        if (a->seek_upward)
                tea->val |= TEA575X_BIT_UPDOWN;
+       else
+               tea->val &= ~TEA575X_BIT_UPDOWN;
        snd_tea575x_write(tea, tea->val);
+       timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10000);
        for (;;) {
-               unsigned val = snd_tea575x_read(tea);
-
-               if (!(val & TEA575X_BIT_SEARCH)) {
-                       /* Found a frequency */
-                       val &= TEA575X_BIT_FREQ_MASK;
-                       val = (val * 10) / 125;
-                       if (tea->tea5759)
-                               val += TEA575X_FMIF;
-                       else
-                               val -= TEA575X_FMIF;
-                       tea->freq = clamp(val * 16, FREQ_LO, FREQ_HI);
-                       return 0;
-               }
+               if (time_after(jiffies, timeout))
+                       break;
                if (schedule_timeout_interruptible(msecs_to_jiffies(10))) {
                        /* some signal arrived, stop search */
                        tea->val &= ~TEA575X_BIT_SEARCH;
-                       snd_tea575x_write(tea, tea->val);
+                       snd_tea575x_set_freq(tea);
                        return -ERESTARTSYS;
                }
+               if (!(snd_tea575x_read(tea) & TEA575X_BIT_SEARCH)) {
+                       u32 freq;
+
+                       /* Found a frequency, wait until it can be read */
+                       for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+                               msleep(10);
+                               freq = snd_tea575x_get_freq(tea);
+                               if (freq) /* available */
+                                       break;
+                       }
+                       if (freq == 0) /* shouldn't happen */
+                               break;
+                       /*
+                        * if we moved by less than 50 kHz, or in the wrong
+                        * direction, continue seeking
+                        */
+                       if (abs(tea->freq - freq) < 16 * 50 ||
+                                       (a->seek_upward && freq < tea->freq) ||
+                                       (!a->seek_upward && freq > tea->freq)) {
+                               snd_tea575x_write(tea, tea->val);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       tea->freq = freq;
+                       tea->val &= ~TEA575X_BIT_SEARCH;
+                       return 0;
+               }
        }
-       return 0;
+       tea->val &= ~TEA575X_BIT_SEARCH;
+       snd_tea575x_set_freq(tea);
+       return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
 static int tea575x_s_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
                        return -ENODEV;
        }
 
-       tea->val = TEA575X_BIT_BAND_FM | TEA575X_BIT_SEARCH_10_40;
+       tea->val = TEA575X_BIT_BAND_FM | TEA575X_BIT_SEARCH_5_28;
        tea->freq = 90500 * 16;         /* 90.5Mhz default */
        snd_tea575x_set_freq(tea);