diff --git a/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c
index 9d0362a75ecd..a9e3bad76d54 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ static ssize_t fops_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data, size_t cou
 	struct saa7146_dev *dev = video_drvdata(file);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (vdev->vfl_type != VFL_TYPE_VBI || !dev->ext_vv_data->vbi_fops.write)
+	if (vdev->vfl_type != VFL_TYPE_VBI || !dev->ext_vv_data->vbi_write)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(vdev->lock))
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
-	ret = dev->ext_vv_data->vbi_fops.write(file, data, count, ppos);
+	ret = dev->ext_vv_data->vbi_write(file, data, count, ppos);
 	mutex_unlock(vdev->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/av7110/av7110_v4l.c b/drivers/staging/media/av7110/av7110_v4l.c
index 04e659243f02..200a7a29ea31 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/av7110/av7110_v4l.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/av7110/av7110_v4l.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static struct saa7146_ext_vv av7110_vv_data_st = {
 	.num_stds	= ARRAY_SIZE(standard),
 	.std_callback	= &std_callback,
 
-	.vbi_fops.write	= av7110_vbi_write,
+	.vbi_write	= av7110_vbi_write,
 };
 
 static struct saa7146_ext_vv av7110_vv_data_c = {
@@ -953,6 +953,6 @@ static struct saa7146_ext_vv av7110_vv_data_c = {
 	.num_stds	= ARRAY_SIZE(standard),
 	.std_callback	= &std_callback,
 
-	.vbi_fops.write	= av7110_vbi_write,
+	.vbi_write	= av7110_vbi_write,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/media/drv-intf/saa7146_vv.h b/include/media/drv-intf/saa7146_vv.h
index 55c7d70b9feb..f66f4dfccf14 100644
--- a/include/media/drv-intf/saa7146_vv.h
+++ b/include/media/drv-intf/saa7146_vv.h
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ struct saa7146_ext_vv
 	/* pointer to the saa7146 core ops */
 	const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops *core_ops;
 
-	struct v4l2_file_operations vbi_fops;
+	ssize_t (*vbi_write)(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
+			     size_t count, loff_t *ppos);
 };
 
 struct saa7146_use_ops  {