diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_drv.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_drv.c
index 37a222d9ddb3..7691282ac16e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_drv.c
@@ -1426,9 +1426,9 @@ static void stb0899_set_iterations(struct stb0899_state *state)
 	if (iter_scale > config->ldpc_max_iter)
 		iter_scale = config->ldpc_max_iter;
 
-	reg = STB0899_READ_S2REG(STB0899_S2DEMOD, MAX_ITER);
+	reg = STB0899_READ_S2REG(STB0899_S2FEC, MAX_ITER);
 	STB0899_SETFIELD_VAL(MAX_ITERATIONS, reg, iter_scale);
-	stb0899_write_s2reg(state, STB0899_S2DEMOD, STB0899_BASE_MAX_ITER, STB0899_OFF0_MAX_ITER, reg);
+	stb0899_write_s2reg(state, STB0899_S2FEC, STB0899_BASE_MAX_ITER, STB0899_OFF0_MAX_ITER, reg);
 }
 
 static enum dvbfe_search stb0899_search(struct dvb_frontend *fe, struct dvb_frontend_parameters *p)