diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa6752hs.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa6752hs.c
index 28499e591925..f40cb0b479b1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa6752hs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa6752hs.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ static int saa6752hs_qmenu(struct saa6752hs_state *h,
 	return v4l2_ctrl_query_menu(qmenu, &qctrl, NULL);
 }
 
-static int saa6752hs_init(struct i2c_client* client)
+static int saa6752hs_init(struct i2c_client *client, u32 leading_null_bytes)
 {
 	unsigned char buf[9], buf2[4];
 	struct saa6752hs_state *h;
@@ -705,6 +705,12 @@ static int saa6752hs_init(struct i2c_client* client)
 	buf[1] = 0x05;
 	i2c_master_send(client,buf,2);
 
+	/* Set leading null byte for TS */
+	buf[0] = 0xF6;
+	buf[1] = (leading_null_bytes >> 8) & 0xff;
+	buf[2] = leading_null_bytes & 0xff;
+	i2c_master_send(client, buf, 3);
+
 	/* compute PAT */
 	memcpy(localPAT, PAT, sizeof(PAT));
 	localPAT[17] = 0xe0 | ((h->params.ts_pid_pmt >> 8) & 0x0f);
@@ -812,14 +818,13 @@ saa6752hs_command(struct i2c_client *client, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	int i;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
+	case VIDIOC_INT_INIT:
+		/* apply settings and start encoder */
+		saa6752hs_init(client, *(u32 *)arg);
+		break;
 	case VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS:
 		if (ctrls->ctrl_class != V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_MPEG)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (ctrls->count == 0) {
-			/* apply settings and start encoder */
-			saa6752hs_init(client);
-			break;
-		}
 		/* fall through */
 	case VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS:
 	case VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS:
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-empress.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-empress.c
index f5a186a13db2..946edf64dc28 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-empress.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-empress.c
@@ -64,10 +64,19 @@ static void ts_reset_encoder(struct saa7134_dev* dev)
 
 static int ts_init_encoder(struct saa7134_dev* dev)
 {
-	struct v4l2_ext_controls ctrls = { V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_MPEG, 0 };
+	u32 leading_null_bytes = 0;
 
+	/* If more cards start to need this, then this
+	   should probably be added to the card definitions. */
+	switch (dev->board) {
+	case SAA7134_BOARD_BEHOLD_M6:
+	case SAA7134_BOARD_BEHOLD_M63:
+	case SAA7134_BOARD_BEHOLD_M6_EXTRA:
+		leading_null_bytes = 1;
+		break;
+	}
 	ts_reset_encoder(dev);
-	saa7134_i2c_call_clients(dev, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, &ctrls);
+	saa7134_i2c_call_clients(dev, VIDIOC_INT_INIT, &leading_null_bytes);
 	dev->empress_started = 1;
 	return 0;
 }