struct dvb_demux *demux = feed->demux;
        struct cx18_stream *stream = (struct cx18_stream *) demux->priv;
        struct cx18 *cx = stream->cx;
-       int ret = -EINVAL;
+       int ret;
        u32 v;
 
        CX18_DEBUG_INFO("Start feed: pid = 0x%x index = %d\n",
                        feed->pid, feed->index);
+
+       mutex_lock(&cx->serialize_lock);
+       ret = cx18_init_on_first_open(cx);
+       mutex_unlock(&cx->serialize_lock);
+       if (ret) {
+               CX18_ERR("Failed to initialize firmware starting DVB feed\n");
+               return ret;
+       }
+       ret = -EINVAL;
+
        switch (cx->card->type) {
        case CX18_CARD_HVR_1600_ESMT:
        case CX18_CARD_HVR_1600_SAMSUNG:
                if (stream->dvb.feeding++ == 0) {
                        CX18_DEBUG_INFO("Starting Transport DMA\n");
                        ret = cx18_start_v4l2_encode_stream(stream);
+                       if (ret < 0) {
+                               CX18_DEBUG_INFO(
+                                       "Failed to start Transport DMA\n");
+                               stream->dvb.feeding--;
+                       }
                } else
                        ret = 0;
                mutex_unlock(&stream->dvb.feedlock);