* requesting a search with a new set of parameters
                                 */
                                if (fepriv->algo_status & DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_AGAIN) {
-                                       if (fe->ops.search)
+                                       if (fe->ops.search) {
                                                fepriv->algo_status = fe->ops.search(fe, &fepriv->parameters);
                                                /* We did do a search as was requested, the flags are
                                                 * now unset as well and has the flags wrt to search.
                                                 */
-
-                                       fepriv->algo_status &= ~DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_AGAIN;
+                                       } else {
+                                               fepriv->algo_status &= ~DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_AGAIN;
+                                       }
                                }
                                /* Track the carrier if the search was successful */
                                if (fepriv->algo_status == DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_SUCCESS) {
-                                       if (fepriv->algo_status & DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_SUCCESS)
-                                               dprintk("%s: status = DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_SUCCESS\n", __func__);
-                                       if (fepriv->algo_status & DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_FAILED)
-                                               fepriv->algo_status |= DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_AGAIN;
-
-                                       fe->ops.read_status(fe, &s);
-                                       dvb_frontend_add_event(fe, s); /* update event list */
-                                       fepriv->status = s;
                                        if (fe->ops.track)
                                                fe->ops.track(fe, &fepriv->parameters);
-
+                               } else {
+                                       fepriv->algo_status |= DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_AGAIN;
+                                       fepriv->delay = HZ / 2;
+                               }
+                               fe->ops.read_status(fe, &s);
+                               if (s != fepriv->status) {
+                                       dvb_frontend_add_event(fe, s); /* update event list */
+                                       fepriv->status = s;
+                                       if (!(s & FE_HAS_LOCK)) {
+                                               fepriv->delay = HZ / 10;
+                                               fepriv->algo_status |= DVBFE_ALGO_SEARCH_AGAIN;
+                                       } else {
+                                               fepriv->delay = 60 * HZ;
+                                       }
                                }
                                break;
                        default: