static int ov2680_q_exposure(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, s32 *value)
 {
        struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
-       u32 reg_v, reg_v2;
+       u32 reg_val;
        int ret;
 
        /* get exposure */
-       ret = ov2680_read_reg(client, 1,
-                             OV2680_EXPOSURE_L,
-                             ®_v);
-       if (ret)
-               goto err;
-
-       ret = ov2680_read_reg(client, 1,
-                             OV2680_EXPOSURE_M,
-                             ®_v2);
+       ret = ov2680_read_reg(client, 3, OV2680_EXPOSURE_H, ®_val);
        if (ret)
-               goto err;
-
-       reg_v += reg_v2 << 8;
-       ret = ov2680_read_reg(client, 1,
-                             OV2680_EXPOSURE_H,
-                             ®_v2);
-       if (ret)
-               goto err;
+               return ret;
 
-       *value = reg_v + (reg_v2 << 16);
-err:
-       return ret;
+       /* Lower four bits are not part of the exposure val (always 0) */
+       *value = reg_val >> 4;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int ov2680_v_flip(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, s32 value)