diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c
index 94a023a..26799e3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c
@@ -420,19 +420,6 @@ int saa7134_set_dmabits(struct saa7134_dev *dev)
 		ctrl |= SAA7134_MAIN_CTRL_TE5;
 		irq  |= SAA7134_IRQ1_INTE_RA2_1 |
 			SAA7134_IRQ1_INTE_RA2_0;
-
-		/* dma: setup channel 5 (= TS) */
-
-		saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_DMA0, (dev->ts.nr_packets - 1) & 0xff);
-		saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_DMA1,
-			((dev->ts.nr_packets - 1) >> 8) & 0xff);
-		/* TSNOPIT=0, TSCOLAP=0 */
-		saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_DMA2,
-			(((dev->ts.nr_packets - 1) >> 16) & 0x3f) | 0x00);
-		saa_writel(SAA7134_RS_PITCH(5), TS_PACKET_SIZE);
-		saa_writel(SAA7134_RS_CONTROL(5), SAA7134_RS_CONTROL_BURST_16 |
-						  SAA7134_RS_CONTROL_ME |
-						  (dev->ts.pt_ts.dma >> 12));
 	}
 
 	/* set task conditions + field handling */
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-ts.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-ts.c
index 3fa6522..b17e6b8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-ts.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-ts.c
@@ -250,6 +250,19 @@ int saa7134_ts_start(struct saa7134_dev *dev)
 
 	BUG_ON(dev->ts_started);
 
+	/* dma: setup channel 5 (= TS) */
+	saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_DMA0, (dev->ts.nr_packets - 1) & 0xff);
+	saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_DMA1,
+		((dev->ts.nr_packets - 1) >> 8) & 0xff);
+	/* TSNOPIT=0, TSCOLAP=0 */
+	saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_DMA2,
+		(((dev->ts.nr_packets - 1) >> 16) & 0x3f) | 0x00);
+	saa_writel(SAA7134_RS_PITCH(5), TS_PACKET_SIZE);
+	saa_writel(SAA7134_RS_CONTROL(5), SAA7134_RS_CONTROL_BURST_16 |
+					  SAA7134_RS_CONTROL_ME |
+					  (dev->ts.pt_ts.dma >> 12));
+
+	/* reset hardware TS buffers */
 	saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_SERIAL1, 0x00);
 	saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_SERIAL1, 0x03);
 	saa_writeb(SAA7134_TS_SERIAL1, 0x00);