diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c b/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
index 624ddcd7dc63..2e9a6ef86940 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
@@ -235,8 +235,14 @@ static irqreturn_t ite_cir_isr(int irq, void *data)
 	/* read the interrupt flags */
 	iflags = dev->params->get_irq_causes(dev);
 
+	/* Check for RX overflow */
+	if (iflags & ITE_IRQ_RX_FIFO_OVERRUN) {
+		dev_warn(&dev->rdev->dev, "receive overflow\n");
+		ir_raw_event_reset(dev->rdev);
+	}
+
 	/* check for the receive interrupt */
-	if (iflags & (ITE_IRQ_RX_FIFO | ITE_IRQ_RX_FIFO_OVERRUN)) {
+	if (iflags & ITE_IRQ_RX_FIFO) {
 		/* read the FIFO bytes */
 		rx_bytes = dev->params->get_rx_bytes(dev, rx_buf,
 						    ITE_RX_FIFO_LEN);