zl10353_single_write(fe, 0x66, 0xE9);
        zl10353_single_write(fe, 0x6C, 0xCD);
        zl10353_single_write(fe, 0x6D, 0x7E);
-       zl10353_single_write(fe, 0x62, 0x0A);
+       if (fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl)
+               fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(fe, 0);
 
        // if there is no attached secondary tuner, we call set_params to program
        // a potential tuner attached somewhere else
        if (state->config.no_tuner) {
                if (fe->ops.tuner_ops.set_params) {
                        fe->ops.tuner_ops.set_params(fe, param);
-                       if (fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl) fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(fe, 0);
+                       if (fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl)
+                               fe->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(fe, 0);
                }
        }
 
        return 0;
 }
 
+static int zl10353_i2c_gate_ctrl(struct dvb_frontend* fe, int enable)
+{
+       u8 val = 0x0a;
+
+       if (enable)
+               val |= 0x10;
+
+       return zl10353_single_write(fe, 0x62, val);
+}
+
 static void zl10353_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 {
        struct zl10353_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
 
        .init = zl10353_init,
        .sleep = zl10353_sleep,
+       .i2c_gate_ctrl = zl10353_i2c_gate_ctrl,
        .write = zl10353_write,
 
        .set_frontend = zl10353_set_parameters,