diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_isight.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_isight.c
index 8510e72..ab01286 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_isight.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_isight.c
@@ -99,10 +99,12 @@ static int isight_decode(struct uvc_video_queue *queue, struct uvc_buffer *buf,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void uvc_video_decode_isight(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
-		struct uvc_buffer *buf)
+void uvc_video_decode_isight(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream)
 {
 	int ret, i;
+	struct uvc_buffer *buf;
+
+	buf = uvc_queue_get_first_buf(&stream->queue);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < urb->number_of_packets; ++i) {
 		if (urb->iso_frame_desc[i].status < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
index cd962be..55d2670 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
@@ -352,6 +352,20 @@ void uvc_queue_cancel(struct uvc_video_queue *queue, int disconnect)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->irqlock, flags);
 }
 
+struct uvc_buffer *uvc_queue_get_first_buf(struct uvc_video_queue *queue)
+{
+	struct uvc_buffer *buf = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->irqlock, flags);
+	if (!list_empty(&queue->irqqueue))
+		buf = list_first_entry(&queue->irqqueue, struct uvc_buffer,
+					queue);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->irqlock, flags);
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
 struct uvc_buffer *uvc_queue_next_buffer(struct uvc_video_queue *queue,
 		struct uvc_buffer *buf)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
index b4ebccd..2f9a5fa 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
@@ -1193,11 +1193,11 @@ static int uvc_video_encode_data(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 /*
  * Completion handler for video URBs.
  */
-static void uvc_video_decode_isoc(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
-	struct uvc_buffer *buf)
+static void uvc_video_decode_isoc(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream)
 {
 	u8 *mem;
 	int ret, i;
+	struct uvc_buffer *buf = NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < urb->number_of_packets; ++i) {
 		if (urb->iso_frame_desc[i].status < 0) {
@@ -1211,6 +1211,7 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_isoc(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 
 		/* Decode the payload header. */
 		mem = urb->transfer_buffer + urb->iso_frame_desc[i].offset;
+		buf = uvc_queue_get_first_buf(&stream->queue);
 		do {
 			ret = uvc_video_decode_start(stream, buf, mem,
 				urb->iso_frame_desc[i].actual_length);
@@ -1241,11 +1242,11 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_isoc(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 	}
 }
 
-static void uvc_video_decode_bulk(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
-	struct uvc_buffer *buf)
+static void uvc_video_decode_bulk(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream)
 {
 	u8 *mem;
 	int len, ret;
+	struct uvc_buffer *buf;
 
 	/*
 	 * Ignore ZLPs if they're not part of a frame, otherwise process them
@@ -1258,6 +1259,8 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_bulk(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 	len = urb->actual_length;
 	stream->bulk.payload_size += len;
 
+	buf = uvc_queue_get_first_buf(&stream->queue);
+
 	/* If the URB is the first of its payload, decode and save the
 	 * header.
 	 */
@@ -1309,12 +1312,13 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_bulk(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 	}
 }
 
-static void uvc_video_encode_bulk(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
-	struct uvc_buffer *buf)
+static void uvc_video_encode_bulk(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream)
 {
 	u8 *mem = urb->transfer_buffer;
 	int len = stream->urb_size, ret;
+	struct uvc_buffer *buf;
 
+	buf = uvc_queue_get_first_buf(&stream->queue);
 	if (buf == NULL) {
 		urb->transfer_buffer_length = 0;
 		return;
@@ -1355,9 +1359,6 @@ static void uvc_video_encode_bulk(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 static void uvc_video_complete(struct urb *urb)
 {
 	struct uvc_streaming *stream = urb->context;
-	struct uvc_video_queue *queue = &stream->queue;
-	struct uvc_buffer *buf = NULL;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	switch (urb->status) {
@@ -1374,17 +1375,11 @@ static void uvc_video_complete(struct urb *urb)
 
 	case -ECONNRESET:	/* usb_unlink_urb() called. */
 	case -ESHUTDOWN:	/* The endpoint is being disabled. */
-		uvc_queue_cancel(queue, urb->status == -ESHUTDOWN);
+		uvc_queue_cancel(&stream->queue, urb->status == -ESHUTDOWN);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->irqlock, flags);
-	if (!list_empty(&queue->irqqueue))
-		buf = list_first_entry(&queue->irqqueue, struct uvc_buffer,
-				       queue);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->irqlock, flags);
-
-	stream->decode(urb, stream, buf);
+	stream->decode(urb, stream);
 
 	if ((ret = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC)) < 0) {
 		uvc_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to resubmit video URB (%d).\n",
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
index 46ffd92..bca8715 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
@@ -482,8 +482,7 @@ struct uvc_streaming {
 	/* Buffers queue. */
 	unsigned int frozen : 1;
 	struct uvc_video_queue queue;
-	void (*decode) (struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *video,
-			struct uvc_buffer *buf);
+	void (*decode) (struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *video);
 
 	/* Context data used by the bulk completion handler. */
 	struct {
@@ -659,6 +658,7 @@ extern int uvc_dequeue_buffer(struct uvc_video_queue *queue,
 		struct v4l2_buffer *v4l2_buf, int nonblocking);
 extern int uvc_queue_enable(struct uvc_video_queue *queue, int enable);
 extern void uvc_queue_cancel(struct uvc_video_queue *queue, int disconnect);
+struct uvc_buffer *uvc_queue_get_first_buf(struct uvc_video_queue *queue);
 extern struct uvc_buffer *uvc_queue_next_buffer(struct uvc_video_queue *queue,
 		struct uvc_buffer *buf);
 extern int uvc_queue_mmap(struct uvc_video_queue *queue,
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ extern struct usb_host_endpoint *uvc_find_endpoint(
 		struct usb_host_interface *alts, __u8 epaddr);
 
 /* Quirks support */
-void uvc_video_decode_isight(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream,
-		struct uvc_buffer *buf);
+void uvc_video_decode_isight(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_streaming *stream);
 
 /* debugfs and statistics */
 int uvc_debugfs_init(void);
