diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
index d4d57951cca2..f30e13f6ee74 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@
 #define TIME_MSEC_DECODER_WAIT 50
 
 /* This defines a minimum interval that the encoder must remain quiet
-   before we are allowed to configure it. */
-#define TIME_MSEC_ENCODER_WAIT 50
+   before we are allowed to configure it.  I had this originally set to
+   50msec, but Martin Dauskardt <martin.dauskardt@gmx.de> reports that
+   things work better when it's set to 100msec. */
+#define TIME_MSEC_ENCODER_WAIT 100
 
 /* This defines the minimum interval that the encoder must successfully run
    before we consider that the encoder has run at least once since its