/* ber stats calulations */
        u32 berw_usecs;
+       u32 ber_prev;
        unsigned long ber_jiffies_stats;
 };
 
 static int cx24120_read_ber(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 *ber)
 {
        struct cx24120_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
+       struct dtv_frontend_properties *c = &fe->dtv_property_cache;
+
+       if (c->post_bit_error.stat[0].scale != FE_SCALE_COUNTER) {
+               *ber = 0;
+               return 0;
+       }
 
-       *ber =  (cx24120_readreg(state, CX24120_REG_BER_HH) << 24)      |
-               (cx24120_readreg(state, CX24120_REG_BER_HL) << 16)      |
-               (cx24120_readreg(state, CX24120_REG_BER_LH) <<  8)      |
-                cx24120_readreg(state, CX24120_REG_BER_LL);
-       dev_dbg(&state->i2c->dev, "read BER index = %d\n", *ber);
+       *ber = c->post_bit_error.stat[0].uvalue - state->ber_prev;
+       state->ber_prev = c->post_bit_error.stat[0].uvalue;
 
        return 0;
 }
                msecs = (state->berw_usecs + 500) / 1000;
                state->ber_jiffies_stats = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(msecs);
 
-               ret = cx24120_read_ber(fe, &ber);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       return;
+               ber = cx24120_readreg(state, CX24120_REG_BER_HH) << 24;
+               ber |= cx24120_readreg(state, CX24120_REG_BER_HL) << 16;
+               ber |= cx24120_readreg(state, CX24120_REG_BER_LH) << 8;
+               ber |= cx24120_readreg(state, CX24120_REG_BER_LL);
+               dev_dbg(&state->i2c->dev, "read BER index = %d\n", ber);
 
                c->post_bit_error.stat[0].scale = FE_SCALE_COUNTER;
                c->post_bit_error.stat[0].uvalue += ber;