diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
index fb88ddd..4132532 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
@@ -301,10 +301,11 @@
 
 	*status = 0;
 
-	val = mb86a20s_readreg(state, 0x0a) & 0xf;
+	val = mb86a20s_readreg(state, 0x0a);
 	if (val < 0)
 		return val;
 
+	val &= 0xf;
 	if (val >= 2)
 		*status |= FE_HAS_SIGNAL;