if (index < 0 || index >= gbuffers)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       memset(buf, 0, sizeof(*buf));
-
-       buf->type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
-       buf->index = index;
        buf->bytesused = meye.grab_buffer[index].size;
        buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED;
 
 
 static int stk_vidioc_querybuf(struct file *filp,
                void *priv, struct v4l2_buffer *buf)
 {
-       int index;
        struct stk_camera *dev = priv;
        struct stk_sio_buffer *sbuf;
 
-       if (buf->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       index = buf->index;
-
-       if (index < 0 || index >= dev->n_sbufs)
+       if (buf->index < 0 || buf->index >= dev->n_sbufs)
                return -EINVAL;
        sbuf = dev->sio_bufs + buf->index;
        *buf = sbuf->v4lbuf;
 
 
        /* FIXME : must control
           that buffers are mapped (VIDIOC_REQBUFS has been called) */
-       if(vb->type != V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE) {
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
        if(vb->index>=usbvision->num_frames)  {
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
                if (ret)
                        break;
 
+               /* Zero out all fields starting with bytesysed, which is
+                * everything but index and type.  */
+               memset(0, &p->bytesused,
+                      sizeof(*p) - offsetof(typeof(*p), bytesused));
+
                ret = ops->vidioc_querybuf(file, fh, p);
                if (!ret)
                        dbgbuf(cmd, vfd, p);
 
 {
        struct zoran_fh *fh = __fh;
        struct zoran *zr = fh->zr;
-       __u32 type = buf->type;
-       int index = buf->index, res;
-
-       memset(buf, 0, sizeof(*buf));
-       buf->type = type;
-       buf->index = index;
+       int res;
 
        mutex_lock(&zr->resource_lock);
        res = zoran_v4l2_buffer_status(file, buf, buf->index);