diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/flexcop-i2c.c b/drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/flexcop-i2c.c
index 02a0ea6e1c17..6bf858a436c9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/flexcop-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/flexcop-i2c.c
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ static int flexcop_master_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap, struct i2c_msg msgs
 	struct flexcop_device *fc = i2c_get_adapdata(i2c_adap);
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
+	/* Some drivers use 1 byte or 0 byte reads as probes, which this
+	 * driver doesn't support.  These probes will always fail, so this
+	 * hack makes them always succeed.  If one knew how, it would of
+	 * course be better to actually do the read.  */
+	if (num == 1 && msgs[0].flags == I2C_M_RD && msgs[0].len <= 1)
+		return 1;
+
 	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&fc->i2c_mutex))
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
index acf026342ec5..bdd797071cb0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
@@ -800,7 +800,8 @@ static int dvb_net_ts_callback(const u8 *buffer1, size_t buffer1_len,
 }
 
 
-static void dvb_net_sec(struct net_device *dev, u8 *pkt, int pkt_len)
+static void dvb_net_sec(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *pkt, int
+pkt_len)
 {
 	u8 *eth;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@ static int dvb_net_sec_callback(const u8 *buffer1, size_t buffer1_len,
 	 * we rely on the DVB API definition where exactly one complete
 	 * section is delivered in buffer1
 	 */
-	dvb_net_sec (dev, (u8*) buffer1, buffer1_len);
+	dvb_net_sec (dev, buffer1, buffer1_len);
 	return 0;
 }