diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/sonixb.c b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/sonixb.c
index 70511d5f9538..1220340e7602 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/sonixb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/sonixb.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ static void reg_w(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev,
 	}
 }
 
-static void i2c_w(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev, const __u8 *buffer)
+static void i2c_w(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev, const u8 *buf)
 {
 	int retry = 60;
 
@@ -504,16 +504,19 @@ static void i2c_w(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev, const __u8 *buffer)
 		return;
 
 	/* is i2c ready */
-	reg_w(gspca_dev, 0x08, buffer, 8);
+	reg_w(gspca_dev, 0x08, buf, 8);
 	while (retry--) {
 		if (gspca_dev->usb_err < 0)
 			return;
-		msleep(10);
+		msleep(1);
 		reg_r(gspca_dev, 0x08);
 		if (gspca_dev->usb_buf[0] & 0x04) {
 			if (gspca_dev->usb_buf[0] & 0x08) {
 				dev_err(gspca_dev->v4l2_dev.dev,
-					"i2c write error\n");
+					"i2c error writing %02x %02x %02x %02x"
+					" %02x %02x %02x %02x\n",
+					buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3],
+					buf[4], buf[5], buf[6], buf[7]);
 				gspca_dev->usb_err = -EIO;
 			}
 			return;
@@ -530,7 +533,7 @@ static void i2c_w_vector(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev,
 	for (;;) {
 		if (gspca_dev->usb_err < 0)
 			return;
-		reg_w(gspca_dev, 0x08, *buffer, 8);
+		i2c_w(gspca_dev, *buffer);
 		len -= 8;
 		if (len <= 0)
 			break;